Surf Forecasts:
Tawharanui surf forecast from 7 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 8 Sep, 12AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period, NNW swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 6PM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period, N swell with 138 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 8 Sep, 12AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with NNW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Tawharanui this week:
The surf forecast for Tawharanui over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 12AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 9s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Tawharanui in the next 16 days are 1.2m 7s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 6PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.2m 5s period and expected on Friday (Sep 11) at 3PM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 12AM (Tue 8th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 12AM (Tue 8th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 6PM (Mon 7th Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tawharanui over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – the outlook for Tawharanui over the next sixteen days is grim. There’s nothing worth paddling out for across the whole stretch. The first surf recommendation pops up on Tuesday the 8th, but it’s barely a whisper.
Tuesday the 8th morning is about the only flicker of anything surfable, with a tiny 2ft north-east swell at 8 seconds. It’s a clean morning with a light offshore from the southwest (12 mph), so the surface will look nice, but with wave energy sitting at just 72 – that’s weak – it’s not going to offer much push. By afternoon, the swell drops to 2ft and the wind picks up to 16 mph, and it’s back to poor conditions.
From Wednesday the 9th right through to the end of the forecast on Tuesday the 22nd, it’s a desert. Swell heights hover around 0.3ft to 2ft, periods are all over the place, but the combined wave energy is mostly in the single or low double digits (between 3 and 77). That’s weak, very weak. Winds are often offshore or cross-offshore, so the water will look clean, but there’s simply nothing to ride. A few days have that long-period groundswell (14-15 seconds), but at 0.3ft or 0.7ft, it’s not reaching the shore with any power for Tawharanui’s beach and reef setup.
Overall, it’s a blank run. Days and days of flatness. Not unusual for this neck of the woods when the swell windows close up. Keep the board in the car, but don’t bother waxing it yet. Forecasts can change, but right now there’s nothing on the horizon.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSW by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | N 7 | NNW 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 6 | NE 15 | ENE 8 | NNE 14 | NE 14 | NE 14 | NNE 14 | NE 9 | NE 12 | ENE 9 | NNE 12 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 295 | 186 | 120 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 3:21PM2.41m | 3:47AM2.37m | 4:28PM2.49m | 4:54AM2.43m | 5:26PM2.59m | 5:53AM2.53m | 6:18PM2.68m | 6:46AM2.61m | 7:06PM2.74m | 7:35AM2.66m | 7:51PM2.75m | 8:21AM2.69m | 8:36PM2.72m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:06AM0.68m | 9:51PM0.78m | 10:15AM0.65m | 10:56PM0.71m | 11:19AM0.59m | 11:55PM0.62m | 12:17PM0.51m | 00:47AM0.53m | 1:07PM0.44m | 1:35AM0.47m | 1:53PM0.41m | 2:19AM0.43m | 2:36PM0.42m | ||||||||
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 | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — |
 | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:08 | — |
mm | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
Feels °C | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | N 7 | NNW 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 6 | N 6 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 14 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 12 | ENE 9 | NNE 12 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 |
| kJ | 2 | 186 | 120 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 5 | NE 17 | NE 15 | NE 15 | NE 14 | NNE 14 | NE 14 | ENE 8 | NNE 14 | NNE 13 | ENE 8 | NE 12 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NE 16 | NE 16 | NE 10 | NE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | NE 16 | E 7 | N 5 | NE 13 | NNE 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 | N 16 | N 14 | N 14 | N 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | WNW 3 | — | S 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | — | — | SW 2 | WNW 2 | NW 3 | NW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 |
| kJ | 295 | 6 | — | 6 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 61 | 24 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 8 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 72 | 64 | 60 | 60 | 22 | 22 | 48 | 216 | 115 | 22 | 22 | 115 | 22 | 162 | 107 | 259 |
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