The Pa Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.08° S 174.86° E

The Pa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Pa sea temperature is
12.6°C
0.4° 

The Pa 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 today (27 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Pa at 11PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)--
Afternoon (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the NNW by Fri night).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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)
0
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)
0.6
NNW
6
0.4
NNW
6
0.4
NW
6
0.9
NNE
4
1.3
N
5
1.6
NNW
6
2
NNW
6
2.2
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
3
NW
9
3.5
NW
9
3
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
2.2
NW
9
1.9
NW
9
1.7
NW
8
1.6
NW
8
1.4
NW
8
1.2
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
13
9
21
70
161
283
753
1185
1420
1998
1270
974
747
554
389
311
251
173
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
N
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:11PM1.35m
9:32AM1.32m
9:44PM1.40m
10:06AM1.36m
Low Tide
3:05PM0.26m
3:24AM0.24m
3:39PM0.20m
3:58AM0.19m
4:12PM0.17m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
5:52
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
12
12
12
13
13
14
13
13
13
12
11
11
12
12
11
12
Feels °C
11
11
10
7
6
5
6
5
6
6
5
6
6
4
4
5
7
7
8
  • 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 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