Tuapeka Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.72° S 176.49° W

Issued: 6 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tuapeka Point sea temperature is

11.4°C

Tuapeka Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tuapeka Point today (23 Oct):

Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuapeka Point at 10PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:45pm October 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+1245) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (23 Oct)	-	-
Evening (23 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Sun morning).
	Fri 23			Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	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	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	SSE 9	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	NW 4	NW 4	NNW 5	E 12	E 12	NW 5	NW 5	NW 5	SE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	4	4	4	4	0	4	14	14	13	13	14	26	14	11	11	12	15	14	22
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide						4:51AM0.91m				5:12PM1.02m				5:47AM0.95m				6:04PM1.05m
Low Tide				10:47PM0.24m				10:58AM0.26m				11:38PM0.20m				11:52AM0.24m


	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	8:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:06	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	8	8	9	10	10	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	15
Feels °C	-2	-1	1	2	2	4	5	7	9	8	7	6	8	9	11	11	11	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	132	132	105	107	73	86	86	78	78	77	75	55	14	9	9	17	16	16	8
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 16	SE 12
kJ	158	191	249	167	78	37	19	14	13	13	12	12	54	36	35	23	23	24	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	SSE 11	E 14	E 14	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 16
kJ	4	4	4	4	24	4	14	2	2	2	2	2	11	11	11	11	15	14	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 5	SW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	NW 3	NW 4	NW 4	WSW 3	WSW 3	WSW 3	NW 5	NW 5	NW 5	NNW 3
kJ	47	34	26	30	33	36	29	21	9	9	14	26	3	2	1	12	12	13	7
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	697	674	674	674	674	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675	675
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5

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