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 12 pm Thursday 30 Oct 2025 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 12.7° C
(Which is 2.4°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 4PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s
Evening (30 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 30					Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	14	16	33	45	49	74	77	77	76	98	43	39	41	64	112	110	84	25	47	45	42	40	39	37
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	S	SE	E	SE	N	NE	NNE	N	N	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	N	W	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:34AM 2.10				11:05PM 2.00				11:19AM 2.11				11:54PM 2.09				12:05PM 2.13				12:43AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)				4:58PM 0.89				5:09AM 0.84				5:46PM 0.73				5:59AM 0.70				6:28PM 0.56				6:48AM 0.56

	Thursday 30					Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	17	15	12	9	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9
Feels °C (?)	8	11	10	8	7	4	3	3	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	7	7	6	8	9	8	6	7

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