Sponge bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.70° S 178.06° E

Sponge bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sponge bay sea temperature is
13.4° C
1.3° 

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


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) & DateWave HeightWave 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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ESE
10
1.6
ESE
10
1.6
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.5
S
10
3.5
SSE
10
3
S
10
2.2
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3.5
SE
11
3.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
3
SSE
10
2.2
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy 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)
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
S
40
S
45
S
40
SSE
50
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
40
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
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
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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clear
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:24
7:24
7:24
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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
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