Tuhawaiki Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 44.45° S 171.26° E

Tuhawaiki Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tuhawaiki Point sea temperature is
10.5°C
1.7° 

Tuhawaiki 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 Tuhawaiki Point today (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuhawaiki Point at 11PM is: 1.1m 17s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Fri morning).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
0
1
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SE
12
1.1
SE
12
1
SE
12
1.1
SE
17
1.3
SSE
16
1.1
SE
16
1
SE
15
0.9
SE
13
0.9
SE
13
0.7
SE
12
0.6
SE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
353
353
306
745
844
580
465
253
234
152
114
90
61
58
29
28
27
25
15
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
10
N
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
NW
20
WNW
20
NNW
25
NW
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:10PM1.97m
6:48AM2.18m
7:03PM1.94m
7:44AM2.21m
8:03PM1.96m
Low Tide
12:25PM0.45m
00:30AM0.58m
1:13PM0.52m
1:20AM0.65m
2:01PM0.62m
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7:01
7:00
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6:06
6:07
6:08
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Temp °C
10
9
8
7
8
7
9
15
17
13
11
11
10
11
13
17
19
15
12
Feels °C
5
5
4
3
5
3
4
10
12
9
7
7
7
8
10
14
16
13
9
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