Te Paki Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.53° S 172.73° E

Te Paki 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Te Paki sea temperature is
15.9°C
0.6° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Te Paki at 9PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (08 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri morning).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
1
2
3
2
4
3
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
11
2.3
SW
11
2.4
WSW
11
2.2
WSW
10
2.1
SW
13
1.9
SW
11
1.9
SW
12
1.9
SW
12
1.8
SW
10
1.9
SW
10
2.1
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
2.2
SW
11
2.2
SW
12
2.1
SW
11
1.3
SW
18
1.9
SW
11
1.3
SW
17
1.7
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1028
1303
1388
1050
1391
836
961
929
634
706
954
1047
1130
1280
1008
996
862
886
1474
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
NW
15
NNW
25
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
40
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
on
High Tide
6:45PM2.42m
7:09AM2.33m
7:38PM2.58m
8:00AM2.48m
8:24PM2.70m
Low Tide
1:01AM0.40m
1:19PM0.25m
1:53AM0.23m
2:09PM0.13m
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:15
6:15
 mm
1
1
1
5
Temp °C
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
10
11
11
11
12
12
13
14
14
15
13
11
Feels °C
12
11
11
10
11
10
8
7
8
7
7
10
9
10
10
10
10
8
3
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