Sponge bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.70° S 178.06° E

Issued: 11 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sponge bay sea temperature is

13.4° C

Sponge bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Sponge bay today (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 5PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Evening (08 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	10s

Table - waves today at Sponge bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Wed night, near gales from the S by Thu night).
	Wed 8					Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	473	490	490	433	433	416	402	349	440	2445	1820	981	1602	2500	2090	2490	2287	1249	2595	2496	1316	1259	1827	951
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	WSW	W	SW	WSW	WSW	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		11:56AM1.85m					00:18AM1.93m				12:42PM1.87m				00:59AM1.91m				1:30PM1.89m				1:45AM1.89m
Low Tide				6:00PM0.55m					6:40AM0.49m				6:45PM0.54m				7:24AM0.45m				7:35PM0.54m


	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24
	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	5:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	2	2	4	2	3	6	7	8	1	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10
Feels °C	9	10	9	9	10	7	8	10	9	6	5	5	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 10	S 19	SE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	473	490	490	433	433	416	402	349	339	981	1102	424	300	350	402	29	2287	473	1462	1433	1316	1259	1098	951
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 21	SW 22	—	S 19	—	—	—	SSE 17	SSW 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16
kJ	41	39	36	34	33	79	158	149	346	349	349	9	18	—	29	—	—	—	57	157	50	47	47	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSW 8	SSW 13	SSW 8	SSE 13	S 18	S 18	S 17	SSE 16	SSW 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 12
kJ	16	7	23	58	19	32	6	25	23	27	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 8	—	SSW 8	—	—	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 18	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSE 10	S 8
kJ	5	10	14	44	—	81	—	—	440	2445	1820	981	1602	2500	2090	2490	33	1249	2595	2496	629	449	1827	286
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Pines Gisborne and Mahia	Tuahine Point Gisborne and Mahia	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Wainui Beach - Pines Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Pines Gisborne and Mahia	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	4
Distance (km)	10	10	10	3	1	42	3	3	42	113	118	118	118	121	121	121	121	121	118	118	121	68	68	53
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia	Mahia Spit	Mahia Spit	Mahia Spit	Wainui Beach - Stockroute	Makorori Centre		Makorori Point	Makorori Centre
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2		3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Weld Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Moning Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Barbel Point South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Weld Road New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan
Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	9	8

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