Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 22 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.7°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 10PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010101099816151514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9871100747270707056565049313128281924222141383433
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SSE
5
S
0
SSW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNE
0
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
2.20
7:12AM
2.08
8:13PM
2.25
8:14AM
2.05
9:14PM
2.31
9:24AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.54
1:44PM
0.49
2:18AM
0.64
2:39PM
0.57
3:13AM
0.73
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------7:39-------7:41-------7:41-
Sunset-7:44-------7:43-------7:40------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161414131212121517161514141415171515141313121314
Feels °C (?)121113131212111315151313141214151315131111101213
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