Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
13.9°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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 11AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed afternoon).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.8
E
7
1.9
ENE
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1
E
8
1
E
8
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
0.9
E
8
0.8
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.8
E
8
0.9
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
117
117
77
74
56
41
40
21
25
27
66
512
187
201
110
138
202
198
105
76
107
82
103
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SW
0
WSW
10
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
2:04AM1.78m
2:41PM1.88m
3:17AM1.77m
3:50PM1.88m
4:34AM1.80m
5:00PM1.91m
Low Tide
8:23AM0.60m
9:06PM0.66m
9:30AM0.61m
10:14PM0.62m
10:40AM0.58m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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cloud
light rain
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cloud
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6:35
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6:33
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7:15
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7:16
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1
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Temp °C
8
8
11
14
14
13
11
10
10
10
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
13
12
12
13
13
13
Feels °C
4
5
8
10
8
8
8
8
8
9
12
12
15
14
14
13
13
10
8
8
10
11
11
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