Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.6° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 3AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
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
0.8
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
15
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
627
568
428
394
347
237
222
171
160
107
344
378
336
261
220
156
125
90
86
83
81
81
61
88
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
E
0
SW
10
SW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
10
NNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
glassy
off
High Tide
2:13AM1.68m
2:40PM1.79m
3:10AM1.71m
3:35PM1.82m
4:05AM1.76m
4:28PM1.86m
Low Tide
8:29AM0.80m
9:10PM0.73m
9:22AM0.75m
10:00PM0.68m
10:15AM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
11
10
11
14
16
15
14
13
13
13
12
17
18
20
18
16
15
13
12
15
16
16
15
14
Feels °C
9
8
9
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
10
15
14
18
17
14
13
11
10
13
13
14
14
12
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