Te Paki Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.53° S 172.73° E

Te Paki 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Te Paki sea temperature is
15.7°C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Te Paki today (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Te Paki at 9PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)13ft (4.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat night, strong winds from the NW by Sun night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
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3
2
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3
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
16
3.5
WSW
17
3
SW
17
3
SW
17
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
15
4
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4823
5684
6336
5842
5973
5538
5162
5401
6179
5100
4777
4498
3756
3664
3832
4128
3698
3241
6312
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
30
NW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
3:28AM2.08m
4:23PM2.16m
4:53AM2.08m
5:41PM2.26m
Low Tide
9:23PM0.69m
9:57AM0.56m
10:45PM0.68m
11:14AM0.52m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:13
6:13
6:14
 mm
3
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
15
14
13
14
15
16
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
16
15
14
Feels °C
12
12
13
12
12
10
11
11
12
11
12
12
11
9
10
12
13
12
10
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