Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
17.2° C
(Which is 2.9°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 5AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
SSE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)8887881212111113121111111110107101010105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86362933454612569736357192170157151114108755952333313731
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
20
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
ENE
5
SSE
10
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
2.23
5:40PM
2.04
5:57AM
2.19
6:34PM
2.05
6:41AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56PM
0.52
11:41AM
0.46
11:49PM
0.49
12:27PM
0.45
12:46AM
0.51
1:13PM
0.47
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------8:38-------8:37-------8:36
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1--1-------
Temp. °C151514141721191715141514151818141312111011141717
Feels °C (?)161513121620161714131112121514111110678111210
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