Tahunanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.28° S 173.24° E

Tahunanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tahunanui Beach sea temperature is
11.7° C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Tahunanui Beach today (14 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Tahunanui Beach at 12AM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)--
Afternoon (14 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (14 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s

Table - waves today at Tahunanui Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NNW
5
0.9
N
5
1.5
N
6
2.3
NNW
7
1.3
N
8
1
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.8
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.9
N
7
1.4
NNW
6
0.8
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
6
0.8
NNW
7
0.6
N
4
1
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
16
0.9
NNW
6
0.8
NNW
6
0.7
N
6
0.6
N
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
42
164
547
187
107
87
69
86
79
160
57
44
42
31
20
50
15
54
24
55
48
35
24
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
10
N
20
N
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
WNW
5
ENE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
ESE
0
SE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:11PM4.11m
9:16AM4.02m
10:00PM4.35m
10:12AM4.14m
10:45PM4.49m
11:04AM4.20m
Low Tide
2:30PM0.94m
3:03AM0.69m
3:32PM0.75m
3:56AM0.52m
4:27PM0.59m
4:46AM0.42m
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:48
7:48
7:48
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5:15
5:15
5:16
5:16
 mm
1
3
1
Temp °C
10
12
12
12
10
9
9
11
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
13
14
12
12
12
12
11
9
13
Feels °C
8
10
8
12
9
7
7
10
11
10
8
8
9
9
9
12
13
10
11
12
12
10
5
8
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