Tuahine Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.07° E

Tuahine Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.7° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 11AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (23 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (23 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the NW by Fri morning).

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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)
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
7
1
SSE
8
1.3
S
8
2.1
S
7
2.2
S
8
1.7
SSE
8
2.2
S
8
2.1
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.3
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.1
S
9
2
S
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.7
ESE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
93
130
223
478
582
319
564
558
671
669
639
654
580
307
270
221
190
170
154
138
135
112
201
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
SE
10
SE
5
NE
10
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
High Tide
2:43AM1.66m
3:11PM1.74m
3:49AM1.71m
4:18PM1.80m
4:41AM1.78m
5:08PM1.88m
Low Tide
8:59AM0.81m
9:39PM0.76m
9:59AM0.75m
10:33PM0.71m
10:49AM0.67m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
8
8
11
9
10
10
9
8
6
6
7
9
11
10
9
8
7
7
9
11
11
11
10
Feels °C
5
4
5
4
4
2
1
2
0
0
1
2
5
6
6
4
2
3
6
7
7
8
6
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