Tawharanui Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks at Tawharanui.

Honestly, mate, it's a pretty quiet stretch of days ahead for Tawharanui. The whole 16-day window just doesn't have any real surfing on offer. There's maybe a couple of moments that might look interesting for a paddle, but nothing that screams "drop everything and go." The first real gap is right from the start with no worthwhile surf, and that runs all the way through to the middle of next week.

Starting out, Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th, the swell is tiny, only about 0.7 ft coming from the NNE with a 12-second period. The energy in the water is barely registering at 19 and 24 (weak energy), so you're basically bobbing around on a lake. Winds are offshore from the SW, which is clean, but with that size, it's just not worth wetting the suit for. This flat spell continues through Wednesday the 16th with pretty much the same nothing swell and even lower wave energy down to 11.

We get a bit of a pulse on Thursday the 17th. The swell bumps up to 4 ft early and then 6 ft by the afternoon, coming from the NNW, but the period is a short, crumbly 5 to 7 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 66 and then 307 (moderate wave energy), but the wind is cross-onshore from the NNW to N, picking up to a strong 25 mph by afternoon. That's going to be a messy, lumpy, blown-out disaster. For a beach and reef setup like this, it's honestly looking more like a kite surfing day than a paddle surf session.

Friday the 18th sees similar sized swell around 7 ft, but again with a short 7-second period and fresh cross-shore winds. The wave energy reads 369 (strong wave energy), but the quality is poor with a lumpy cross-chop. Not the clean lines we're after.

After that, the swell just drops right back into the doldrums. From Saturday the 19th onward, it's all 0.3 ft, 0.7 ft at best, with weak wave energy numbers dropping from 8 all the way down to 1 or 4. Winds do swing offshore or glassy at times—especially on Monday the 28th where it's dead calm and glassy—but with zero swell to work with, it's a lake.

So, the honest truth? There are no standout days here. No one to get excited about. For Tawharanui this time of year, a blank run like this isn't unusual, but forecasts can change. Keep an eye out, but for now, leave the board on the rack.

Rusty.

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