Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 12PM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (30 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (30 Sep)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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)
4
4
4
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
16
1.7
SSE
16
1.7
SSE
15
1.7
SSE
15
1.7
SSE
15
1.5
SSE
15
1.4
SSE
15
1.4
SSE
14
1.3
SSE
14
1.3
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
13
1.2
SSE
14
1.1
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1447
1393
1323
1305
1241
1037
857
778
640
604
514
553
480
384
336
273
265
246
253
201
136
91
212
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
5
NE
15
ESE
5
SSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SE
15
E
15
NNE
15
NW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:14AM2.06m
9:29PM2.01m
10:00AM2.06m
10:19PM1.97m
10:50AM2.04m
Low Tide
3:03AM0.39m
3:23PM0.46m
3:47AM0.39m
4:12PM0.48m
4:36AM0.43m
5:05PM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
10
10
13
14
16
15
14
12
11
11
14
19
17
16
14
13
11
9
12
15
14
17
16
Feels °C
7
7
11
10
12
13
11
8
8
7
10
17
14
15
12
10
8
6
10
12
11
15
13
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