Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.3° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 12AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (04 Oct)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (04 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, light winds from the E by Sun night).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
15
2.1
S
14
1.5
SSE
14
1.4
SSE
13
1.3
SSE
13
1.3
SSE
12
1.2
SE
12
1.2
SE
12
1.1
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
0.9
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
78
121
116
155
390
561
498
1748
814
649
529
488
414
393
331
314
303
229
191
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
35
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:08AM1.87m
12:41PM1.95m
1:04AM1.82m
1:40PM1.90m
Low Tide
6:00PM0.57m
6:27AM0.52m
6:58PM0.62m
7:24AM0.57m
8:00PM0.66m
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:37
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7:14
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2
4
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Temp °C
13
11
10
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
8
6
4
4
4
4
4
5
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
7
6
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