Tracks Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.83° E

Tracks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tracks sea temperature is
12.7° C
1.2° 

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 (01 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 12PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (01 Aug)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (01 Aug)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat morning, light winds from the NW by Sun afternoon).

Saturday
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
14
2.2
SSW
7
2.5
SSW
9
3
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
13
3
S
12
3
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.3
S
12
2.2
S
11
2
S
11
2
S
11
1.9
S
11
1.9
S
11
1.8
S
11
1.7
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.4
S
12
1.5
S
13
1.5
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
96
462
1070
1763
1778
2018
1836
3139
2757
2251
1880
1423
1179
959
970
878
850
750
627
402
613
700
646
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
7:30AM1.47m
7:50PM1.58m
8:14AM1.51m
8:34PM1.61m
8:57AM1.55m
Low Tide
1:23AM0.32m
1:30PM0.31m
2:07AM0.29m
2:15PM0.29m
2:50AM0.27m
3:02PM0.29m
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:09
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:17
5:19
5:20
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
7
5
7
9
10
9
9
9
8
8
9
14
15
13
11
Feels °C
5
2
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
1
4
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
11
12
10
7
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