Tracks Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.83° E

Tracks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tracks sea temperature is
13.4°C
0.6° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 3PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (25 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (25 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun night).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
9
1.3
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
0.7
S
14
1
S
14
0.9
SSW
13
1.1
S
13
1
S
13
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
1
SE
14
0.9
SE
13
0.9
SE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
332
281
230
225
200
377
282
395
321
236
235
180
172
169
197
193
193
193
387
290
286
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
S
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
SW
35
WSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:21PM1.50m
4:47AM1.45m
5:11PM1.55m
5:36AM1.53m
6:00PM1.62m
Low Tide
10:11AM0.34m
10:36PM0.31m
10:59AM0.30m
11:26PM0.28m
11:46AM0.26m
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Temp °C
11
13
13
11
10
10
9
9
13
14
14
12
13
14
13
15
17
17
17
11
11
Feels °C
8
10
9
8
6
6
5
6
11
11
10
8
10
11
10
11
12
12
12
5
3
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