Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
14.0°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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 1AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (28 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue afternoon).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
5 PM
8 PM
11 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)
2
0
0
0
4
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
12
0.9
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
13
2
SSW
8
2.2
SSW
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
9
0.7
ESE
13
1
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
12
1.1
SSE
13
1.1
SSE
12
1.2
SSE
13
1
SSE
14
1.2
SSE
16
1.4
SSE
17
1.6
SSE
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
235
261
195
462
705
227
227
248
197
161
247
344
373
398
476
401
654
1048
1433
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
15
W
15
NW
10
NW
15
NE
15
SE
5
ESE
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
SW
20
SSE
15
SE
5
ENE
5
NNW
Wind State
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
7:27PM2.00m
7:48AM1.99m
8:05PM2.03m
8:30AM2.04m
8:45PM2.03m
Low Tide
1:12PM0.53m
1:43AM0.48m
1:53PM0.49m
2:22AM0.42m
2:37PM0.46m
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
18
14
10
9
7
6
10
14
15
12
10
9
10
10
13
14
13
12
11
Feels °C
14
9
4
3
3
2
6
10
11
10
6
5
6
6
8
9
9
10
9
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