Sponge bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.70° S 178.06° E

Issued: 12 am 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sponge bay sea temperature is

14.5°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 (23 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 4AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 23). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (23 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (23 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 15
Wave Graph
kJ	107	90	86	85	63	81	35	110	113	113	133	186	220	204	265	209	180	117	95	90	67	64	64	74
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	S	SSE	SE	E	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	ESE	ENE	NE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide			4:05AM1.76m				4:28PM1.86m				4:54AM1.83m				5:16PM1.91m				5:38AM1.90m				6:00PM1.96m
Low Tide					10:15AM0.69m				10:47PM0.62m				11:03AM0.62m				11:32PM0.55m				11:47AM0.56m


	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	14	14	15	16	14	14	13	14	14	14	19	25	26	21	16	14	13	13	17	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	14	12	12	12	13	11	13	11	11	11	11	15	20	20	16	12	10	9	9	15	14	15	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	107	90	86	85	63	81	20	110	113	113	55	83	220	204	265	209	180	117	95	90	67	64	63	35
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	NE 4	—	E 10	SSE 4	SSE 12	SSE 10	SSE 13	S 17	SSE 16	SSE 6	SSE 14	SE 9	SE 9	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 15
kJ	2	1	—	2	7	31	35	17	6	53	21	186	81	62	4	4	14	13	13	12	35	34	64	74
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 8	SSE 13	E 10	SSE 12	E 10	E 10	E 9	SSE 15	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	—	NE 6	NE 6	E 13	—	NE 4	E 12	E 12	E 12	ENE 3
kJ	2	2	2	1	17	2	30	2	2	2	133	15	14	28	—	1	1	13	—	1	12	11	11	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 2	SW 3	S 4	S 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	—	—	—	WNW 2	—	—	—	ENE 3	NE 3
kJ	—	1	1	12	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	1	1	36	36	44	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	3	3	0	44	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
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