Tracks Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.83° E

Tracks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tracks sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Tracks today (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 10PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
17
0.7
S
16
0.7
S
16
0.7
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
13
0.6
S
13
0.6
S
12
1
ESE
6
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.8
E
7
0.4
S
9
0.7
E
7
0.5
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
202
257
248
224
209
148
138
121
117
101
80
64
57
50
30
64
27
43
26
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:18PM1.65m
5:50AM1.61m
6:10PM1.65m
6:41AM1.66m
7:01PM1.65m
Low Tide
11:37PM0.20m
12:02PM0.22m
00:29AM0.25m
12:52PM0.26m
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Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
16
16
14
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15
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21
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20
17
Feels °C
11
12
12
13
12
13
14
14
14
12
13
14
13
13
16
19
19
17
15
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