Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 07 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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.2°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 4AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (07 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.6
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)777777744445655499457131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8881598411779285129159766791710915
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
15
N
15
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
SE
10
WSW
30
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
W
10
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
2.04
8:16AM
2.01
9:01PM
1.97
9:10AM
1.94
9:57PM
1.94
10:10AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
0.77
2:24PM
0.66
2:54AM
0.83
3:18PM
0.69
3:44AM
0.87
4:18PM
0.73
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise---6:39-------6:41-------6:43----
Sunset-------8:55-------8:54-------8:53
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C141313131419202017161312121112121212121213141414
Feels °C (?)121112121116181917148888991011111111111112
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