Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.1° 

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 (19 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 3PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
15
1.1
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.1
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
14
1.3
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
0.9
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
16
1
SSE
15
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
637
580
472
557
557
478
573
706
594
669
671
463
446
487
612
428
394
347
241
222
171
Wind (km/h)
0
ENE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
S
5
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
High Tide
12:58PM1.75m
1:19AM1.68m
1:48PM1.76m
2:13AM1.68m
2:40PM1.79m
Low Tide
7:23PM0.75m
7:38AM0.81m
8:18PM0.75m
8:29AM0.80m
9:10PM0.73m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
13
13
13
12
12
11
10
14
13
14
13
12
11
11
11
15
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
11
10
10
11
9
8
8
8
11
9
11
12
11
9
9
9
14
13
13
15
13
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