Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.2° 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 9AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
0.9
ENE
1.2
E
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.7
E
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)66555555566677889991011111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29292391514438051911551652121473466141026224239354375319326264
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NW
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
15
N
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
2.20
6:33PM
1.98
6:23AM
2.19
7:32PM
1.95
7:33AM
2.13
8:40PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.63
12:32AM
0.82
1:16PM
0.72
1:19AM
0.90
2:13PM
0.81
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:56-------6:58-------7:00-----
Sunset-----6:15-------6:14-------6:13--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------12--------
Temp. °C111111121313131313121314161614141313131718171815
Feels °C (?)101010111313131313111312131210111112121515151613
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