Tracks Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.83° E

Tracks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tracks sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 9AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (01 Oct)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
S
14
1.9
S
13
1.8
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.4
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
S
14
1.2
S
14
0.7
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
16
1.2
S
15
1.8
S
6
1.9
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1294
1256
1094
961
891
757
649
555
466
480
541
565
239
186
183
165
159
112
134
183
627
221
282
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
0
W
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
S
10
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:50AM1.81m
10:20PM1.72m
10:40AM1.82m
11:14PM1.70m
11:34AM1.79m
Low Tide
3:39AM0.20m
4:10PM0.20m
4:29AM0.20m
5:05PM0.19m
5:24AM0.19m
6:00PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
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6:45
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6:43
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6:41
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7:12
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7:13
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4
9
2
Temp °C
11
11
14
17
16
13
13
12
11
9
12
17
18
18
16
13
11
10
13
14
10
10
10
Feels °C
9
9
13
15
13
11
11
10
9
7
10
14
15
16
14
11
8
7
10
11
5
5
3
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