Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tata Beach today (25 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Tata Beach at 9PM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 4s |
| Evening (25 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 3s |
Table - waves today at Tata Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Thu morning). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | WNW 4 | W 3 | WNW 14 | W 3 | W 3 | NW 5 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NNW 5 | E 2 | E 4 | E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | E 4 | ENE 4 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 2 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy |
High Tide | 7:32PM3.51m | 7:39AM3.47m | 8:09PM3.75m | 8:20AM3.67m | 8:42PM3.97m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:46PM1.49m | 1:11AM1.42m | 1:35PM1.21m | 1:47AM1.21m | 2:12PM0.94m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | |
5:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 15 | NW 15 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 14 | NW 5 | WNW 14 | NW 15 | — | NW 14 | N 5 | NW 13 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | E 4 | ENE 4 |
9 | 54 | 12 | 11 | 54 | 5 | 21 | 8 | — | 8 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | NW 15 | WNW 14 | NW 15 | — | — | — | WNW 14 | NW 14 | NW 13 | NW 13 | W 13 | W 12 | W 16 | NNW 5 | NW 6 |
— | 8 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 16 | W 17 | W 17 | W 12 | NW 16 | NW 10 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | WNW 4 | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | NW 5 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NNW 5 | E 2 | E 4 | E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | — | N 5 |
15 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 49 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 31 | 14 | — | 2 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 156 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 97 | 97 | 115 | 115 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 97 | 38 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 40 | 43 |
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