Tuapeka Point surfForecast / Chatham Islands / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 +1245
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Tuapeka Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tuapeka Point sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tuapeka Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuapeka Point at 9PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:45pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+1245) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (03 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.9
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)10101016161699455555555561011111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191818202020161624505943484639292923283840726982
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01AM
1.05
8:34PM
1.02
8:47AM
1.05
9:21PM
1.04
9:32AM
1.05
10:06PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.15
2:40AM
0.22
3:07PM
0.15
3:28AM
0.23
3:52PM
0.16
4:14AM
0.24
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:50-------7:50-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:16-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414141414141415151516161515151516161616161515
Feels °C (?)1011111211109898910111010111213131414151414
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