Table Cape Reefs Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.11° S 178.00° E

Table Cape Reefs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Table Cape Reefs sea temperature is
13.0°C
0.7° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Table Cape Reefs at 6PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the W by Mon afternoon).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
NNE
5
0.1
NE
10
0.6
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
9
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
17
0.7
N
4
0.6
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
16
1.4
NNE
5
1.1
NNE
5
0.5
SSW
10
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
4
61
108
113
318
288
206
149
107
176
157
14
211
92
90
113
69
57
49
47
Wind (km/h)
15
W
0
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
N
30
W
45
W
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:55AM1.52m
00:19AM1.46m
12:52PM1.53m
1:17AM1.45m
1:52PM1.53m
Low Tide
6:13PM0.18m
6:36AM0.14m
7:11PM0.18m
7:33AM0.14m
8:11PM0.18m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:49
5:50
 mm
3
Temp °C
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
13
16
17
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
12
11
12
Feels °C
8
11
8
7
10
9
7
8
9
13
13
10
10
11
11
12
11
12
7
3
5
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