Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 4PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
E
0.2
SSE
0.3
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
E
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)10101010101099999915161616168168151356
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10098717070474528284742272324242424242412231453100
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
0
ESE
10
E
15
E
5
ENE
0
E
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
2.09
6:37AM
2.08
7:30PM
2.03
7:18AM
2.04
8:19PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
0.59
12:48AM
0.71
1:03PM
0.57
1:30AM
0.77
1:51PM
0.60
2:13AM
0.82
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:20-------
Sunset---8:14-------8:12-------8:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------1----111422
Temp. °C17202323211715141518191717161414152018151312119
Feels °C (?)15192223201314141517171618151314152016129653
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