Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.2°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 6AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)5916161515151514141313666665666778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24102524222323212018181716182525498598130200302107193
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
0
WSW
5
WSW
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
2.17
6:45PM
2.04
6:29AM
2.20
7:33PM
1.98
7:23AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.71
12:35PM
0.58
12:51AM
0.76
1:23PM
0.63
1:32AM
0.82
2:16PM
0.72
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:54-------7:56-------7:58---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
12211------------------1
Temp. °C101010101011121212121211121213131313131313151616
Feels °C (?)88987910109101111111212121312121211121213
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