Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.5° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 10PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
E
8
0.9
E
8
1.1
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
7
1.3
SE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1.3
SE
6
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.4
SSE
15
1
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.8
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
103
95
120
96
113
150
113
104
136
135
131
121
75
75
75
62
57
56
47
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:00PM1.91m
5:34AM1.86m
5:55PM1.95m
6:22AM1.91m
6:40PM1.98m
Low Tide
11:15PM0.57m
11:38AM0.53m
00:08AM0.50m
12:26PM0.48m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
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6:31
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6:30
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7:17
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7:19
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7:20
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 mm
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1
1
1
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1
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1
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1
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Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
16
15
14
Feels °C
10
10
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
14
14
14
14
13
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