Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
13.0° C
1.2° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 11AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (30 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (30 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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)
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ESE
12
1.3
ESE
12
1.3
ESE
12
1.2
ESE
11
1.1
ESE
11
1
ESE
11
1
ESE
11
1
E
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.8
ESE
11
0.8
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.6
ESE
11
0.4
SE
14
0.4
SE
14
2.3
SSW
8
3
SSW
10
3
SSW
10
3
S
11
3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
530
437
422
343
314
263
263
251
205
205
164
164
126
126
123
95
63
63
722
1861
2060
2062
2467
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:27AM1.71m
7:03PM1.80m
7:13AM1.77m
7:44PM1.87m
7:57AM1.82m
8:24PM1.93m
Low Tide
00:30AM0.80m
12:36PM0.70m
1:18AM0.75m
1:20PM0.65m
2:00AM0.69m
2:02PM0.60m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:11
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:17
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
8
9
10
15
15
12
11
13
14
13
13
15
16
13
11
10
10
8
7
8
9
8
8
Feels °C
4
5
6
10
10
7
7
8
9
9
8
10
11
7
5
5
5
3
2
1
1
0
1
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