The Pa Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.08° S 174.86° E

The Pa Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Pa Point sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.2° 

The Pa Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Pa Point today (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Pa Point at 11PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

Table - waves today at The Pa Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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)
0.2
WNW
15
0.2
WNW
15
0.2
WNW
15
0.2
WNW
8
0.2
WNW
18
0.2
WNW
17
0.2
WNW
17
0.2
WNW
17
0.2
WNW
16
0.4
NW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.2
WNW
15
0.2
WNW
15
0.2
WNW
15
0.2
WNW
17
0.2
WNW
16
0.2
WNW
16
0.2
WNW
16
0.2
WNW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
21
21
8
31
30
29
28
26
24
23
23
22
22
28
26
26
25
25
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
0
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
5
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:52PM1.33m
9:17AM1.31m
9:35PM1.37m
9:58AM1.35m
Low Tide
2:42PM0.27m
3:06AM0.22m
3:27PM0.21m
3:48AM0.17m
4:08PM0.18m
clear
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
13
12
12
13
11
11
14
16
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14
12
12
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16
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16
14
Feels °C
7
8
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9
9
14
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15
13
11
11
11
15
16
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15
13
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