Table Cape Reefs Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.11° S 178.00° E

Table Cape Reefs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Table Cape Reefs sea temperature is
13.3° C
1.0° 

Table Cape Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Table Cape Reefs today (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Table Cape Reefs at 9PM is: 5.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 21s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)18ft (5.5m)11s
Evening (09 Jul)16ft (5.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Table Cape Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Thu night, light winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
2
2
1
3
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5.5
SSE
11
5
SSE
10
5
SSE
10
5.5
SSE
10
5
SSE
10
5
SSE
10
4.5
SSE
10
4
SSE
10
4
SSE
10
2.5
ESE
10
2.3
ESE
10
2.1
ESE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
2.3
SE
9
2.2
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
0.9
SSW
17
1
S
16
1.1
S
16
1
S
15
1
S
14
1
S
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6103
5192
5513
6470
5669
4954
3769
3057
2666
1281
941
868
1260
891
924
798
744
481
493
535
612
453
429
394
Wind (km/h)
60
SSE
55
S
60
S
60
S
55
S
55
S
50
S
45
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
00:54AM1.44m
1:29PM1.45m
1:50AM1.46m
2:26PM1.50m
2:49AM1.49m
Low Tide
6:46PM0.25m
7:15AM0.17m
7:42PM0.22m
8:09AM0.13m
8:40PM0.19m
9:06AM0.10m
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light rain
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:24
7:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:59
5:00
5:00
5:00
 mm
2
2
3
5
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
12
11
11
11
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
11
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
10
Feels °C
3
2
1
-1
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
6
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