Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Tuhawaiki Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tuhawaiki Point sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 3.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tuhawaiki Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuhawaiki Point at 11AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
0.4
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111111010999991212121212121212161111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6324673262441831421361081087450195184111111180186106155102127978893
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
S
10
NE
20
E
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
5
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
2.25
1:03AM
2.48
1:29PM
2.25
2:03AM
2.47
2:22PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.72
6:41PM
0.62
7:22AM
0.67
7:35PM
0.57
8:12AM
0.65
8:28PM
0.53
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--7:46-------7:47-------7:48-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:31-------7:30--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171516161514131313141416171616161616151413131212
Feels °C (?)17151614141212121213131416161514141413111110910
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