Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.0° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 9AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s 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)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon).

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
2
3
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
14
0.9
SSE
14
0.7
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
0.5
S
15
0.5
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
640
604
514
553
480
352
336
273
265
269
294
307
125
94
220
204
123
115
146
146
93
121
123
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NE
15
ESE
5
S
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
SE
15
E
10
N
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:00AM2.06m
10:19PM1.97m
10:50AM2.04m
11:14PM1.92m
11:45AM1.99m
Low Tide
3:47AM0.39m
4:12PM0.48m
4:36AM0.43m
5:05PM0.52m
5:30AM0.47m
6:00PM0.57m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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light rain
mod rain
light rain
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6:41
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7:12
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Temp °C
11
10
14
19
17
16
14
13
12
11
13
16
16
18
16
13
11
10
13
14
11
10
10
Feels °C
7
6
11
17
13
14
12
10
9
8
10
13
14
16
13
10
8
8
11
10
5
3
4
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