Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
13.8°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 (19 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 11AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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)
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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4
4
2
0
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ESE
12
0.8
ESE
12
0.8
ESE
12
0.7
SSE
18
0.8
SSE
16
0.8
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
14
0.6
SSE
14
0.5
S
13
0.5
ESE
11
1.7
S
7
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
10
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
11
4.5
SSW
13
2.4
SSE
14
2.1
SSE
14
1.9
SSE
13
1.7
SSE
12
1.5
SSE
12
1.4
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
180
180
174
322
346
312
225
215
156
92
68
306
1055
1447
2582
3267
6272
2277
1579
1116
830
636
466
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
10
ESE
15
ENE
5
N
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
ENE
20
E
15
NE
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:39AM1.79m
11:56PM1.72m
12:25PM1.75m
00:45AM1.67m
1:14PM1.73m
Low Tide
5:30AM0.69m
5:56PM0.73m
6:17AM0.76m
6:47PM0.77m
7:06AM0.81m
7:43PM0.79m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:01
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:01
6:01
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
13
16
15
13
14
14
14
14
14
11
12
10
11
10
7
6
10
13
14
14
12
Feels °C
9
9
12
14
13
12
10
9
9
10
5
3
5
5
4
5
3
2
7
8
10
12
9
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