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Lat Long: 39.17° S 177.09° E

Taits Beach (Waikari River) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Taits Beach (Waikari River) sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.6° 

Taits Beach (Waikari River) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Taits Beach (Waikari River) today (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Taits Beach (Waikari River) at 12PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

Table - waves today at Taits Beach (Waikari River). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.9
E
5
1
ENE
5
0.7
E
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.6
E
7
0.8
E
8
0.9
E
9
1
E
9
1
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
10
1
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
173
131
125
90
65
40
61
31
26
16
16
40
92
119
152
159
205
181
170
132
126
95
90
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross
High Tide
1:58AM1.49m
2:28PM1.60m
2:57AM1.48m
3:26PM1.59m
3:56AM1.48m
4:23PM1.57m
Low Tide
8:11AM0.13m
8:49PM0.13m
9:09AM0.14m
9:47PM0.13m
10:06AM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
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6:39
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6:37
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6:37
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7:20
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7:21
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Temp °C
6
5
11
16
16
14
11
9
9
8
14
16
16
14
13
14
13
11
13
12
11
12
11
Feels °C
4
3
9
13
12
13
9
6
7
6
12
14
15
14
13
14
12
9
11
11
10
11
10
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