Tawharanui Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.37° S 174.84° E

Tawharanui 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tawharanui sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.3° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 9AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NNW
4
0.8
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
5
0.7
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
6
0.8
NNW
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
NNW
6
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.4
NNW
3
0.5
N
4
1
N
5
1.2
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
28
39
40
30
53
58
33
24
11
10
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
9
4
6
45
87
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
12:07PM2.47m
00:34AM2.43m
1:04PM2.42m
1:32AM2.37m
2:09PM2.39m
Low Tide
6:05AM0.58m
6:35PM0.76m
7:00AM0.62m
7:39PM0.80m
8:01AM0.66m
8:45PM0.81m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
2
Temp °C
13
13
14
16
17
16
14
12
12
11
12
15
15
13
12
12
12
12
12
14
16
15
14
Feels °C
9
9
10
12
12
12
11
9
9
8
9
11
10
9
9
9
9
9
8
10
13
12
10
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