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The Pa surf break

The Pa surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
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The Pa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Pa sea temperature is
17.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Pa today?

The current surf forecast for The Pa at 10AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.2
NW
0.8
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.3
NW
Period(s) (?)66651313121212121277778777777611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23617896416159525150503522455775675432302322353420
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
0
WNW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
WSW
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
ENE
5
NE
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.10
7:32PM
1.09
8:10AM
1.15
8:27PM
1.13
8:55AM
1.21
9:14PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29PM
0.52
1:52AM
0.46
2:24PM
0.48
2:43AM
0.42
3:08PM
0.43
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset-----8:53-------8:52-------8:52--
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light rain
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
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heavy rain
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light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
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cloud
Rain (mm)
--1--1133112213158-11-23331-
Temp. °C151515141515151515161617161616161515161716151514
Feels °C (?)9111212151516161517161915151415141315171512119
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