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Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 10 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 3.5°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: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (10 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
NE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121212111141111556611116712111112121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39372321211914111822379395303059796563649088111151
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
35
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
1.95
10:33AM
2.00
11:15PM
2.01
11:36AM
1.97
12:05AM
2.08
12:30PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44PM
0.75
3:56AM
0.94
4:43PM
0.80
5:13AM
0.98
5:37PM
0.83
6:29AM
0.94
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-
Sunset-8:06-------8:05-------8:02------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13121311109101415151311111115192121171414141514
Feels °C (?)879676710101198991316192015111112910
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