Tawharanui Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.37° S 174.84° E

Tawharanui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tawharanui sea temperature is
14.5°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 2AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Afternoon (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sun night, calm by Tue morning).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.4
NW
3
0.4
NNW
4
0.5
N
4
0.9
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
6
1.5
N
6
1.6
N
6
1.7
N
6
2.4
NNW
7
1.4
N
7
1.2
N
7
1
N
7
0.9
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
4
4
4
5
8
38
106
149
187
225
594
215
150
97
86
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
1:32AM2.37m
2:09PM2.39m
2:37AM2.34m
3:21PM2.41m
Low Tide
7:39PM0.80m
8:01AM0.66m
8:45PM0.81m
9:06AM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:04
 mm
2
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
13
15
17
16
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
13
Feels °C
9
9
9
9
10
11
14
14
11
11
12
11
12
12
13
13
11
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