The Pa Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.08° S 174.86° E

The Pa Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Pa Point sea temperature is
15.0°C
1.5° 

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 (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Pa Point at 3AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (28 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (28 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Wed morning).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
9
1.4
NW
9
1.3
NW
9
1.3
NW
10
1.7
WNW
6
1.9
WNW
6
2.3
NW
7
3
NW
7
3
NW
8
3
NW
8
3.5
NW
8
3.5
NW
9
3
NW
8
3
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
3
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.2
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
421
325
281
303
202
251
481
878
1008
952
1330
1776
1235
1191
827
1118
875
634
450
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
WNW
15
N
15
W
30
WNW
35
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
30
W
20
WSW
25
W
Wind State
cross-off
on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
11:02PM1.42m
11:27AM1.44m
11:46PM1.40m
12:11PM1.43m
Low Tide
4:58PM0.13m
5:18AM0.11m
5:42PM0.16m
6:03AM0.15m
6:29PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:13
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:11
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
7:53
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:54
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:55
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
Temp °C
13
13
11
11
11
12
13
14
13
13
13
12
12
13
14
14
13
12
11
Feels °C
10
11
7
7
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
3
3
5
6
6
7
8
6
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Pa Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest