Tawharanui Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.37° S 174.84° E

Tawharanui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tawharanui sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.2° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 10PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)--
Afternoon (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (03 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sun morning). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
1.4
ESE
5
1.7
ESE
6
1.5
E
6
1.3
E
7
1.4
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.1
E
6
1.2
E
6
1.4
E
6
1.3
E
6
1.2
E
7
1.1
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
26
26
26
97
208
188
172
194
154
128
123
95
104
144
136
155
151
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:23AM2.43m
1:53PM2.48m
2:23AM2.38m
2:57PM2.44m
Low Tide
7:26PM0.69m
7:45AM0.59m
8:29PM0.74m
8:48AM0.66m
9:34PM0.75m
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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6:52
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6:52
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7:24
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7:25
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7:25
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 mm
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2
2
1
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Temp °C
16
14
13
13
12
11
10
11
12
12
12
13
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
12
10
11
12
4
4
3
4
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
8
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