Tuhawaiki Point Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (44.45° S 171.26° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 10.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Evening (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	4s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	E	E	E	E	SSE	SE	SE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	16	10	6	7	7	10	4	5	5	4	9	13	13	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	24	21	32	34	26	72	13	37	10	6	10	28	44	119	228	190	180	151	117	113	115	120	85	186
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNE	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	SE	S	SSW	SSW	SW	W	WNW	NNE	NE	NE	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:31AM 2.43					12:15AM 2.34				12:29PM 2.41				1:05AM 2.34				1:30PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:20AM 0.76				5:55PM 0.58					6:18AM 0.71				6:45PM 0.60				7:11AM 0.65				7:31PM 0.63

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	20	18	14	11	9	11	10	13	15	13	9	7	6	5	5	6	8	9	8	6	5
Feels °C (?)	7	6	9	14	13	13	10	5	4	5	10	12	8	0	-2	-1	-1	0	2	4	3	2	1	0

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tuhawaiki Point (calm at Marchwiel wx 9 km from Tuhawaiki Point). 0.8m 2s local chop from the N with a 0.6m 10s swell from the SE and a 0.4m 4s local chop from the ENE as well as a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the ENE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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