Tuhawaiki Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.45° S 171.26° E

Issued: 11 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tuhawaiki Point sea temperature is

11.6°C

Tuhawaiki Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tuhawaiki Point today (24 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuhawaiki Point at 7PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.
	Thu 24					Friday 25								Saturday 26
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	ESE 16	SSE 13	SE 13	ESE 15	SE 13	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	37	35	26	23	21	22	20	20	25	35	45	44	42	42	42	62	59	59	58	56	55
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NE	N	SE	NNW	NW	NW	NW	E	E	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	off
High Tide			1:23PM2.05m				1:55AM2.12m				2:03PM2.05m				2:29AM2.17m				2:44PM2.07m
Low Tide	7:23AM0.68m				7:40PM0.46m				8:01AM0.56m				8:12PM0.39m				8:41AM0.45m				8:49PM0.35m


	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	7	12	15	15	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	16	19	16	13
Feels °C	3	7	10	12	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	13	17	15	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 13	SE 13	ESE 15	SE 13	SSE 12	ESE 12	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	37	35	26	17	17	22	13	5	5	35	45	44	42	29	28	62	59	59	58	56	55
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ESE 16	ESE 13	SSE 13	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 15	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 4
kJ	24	24	24	23	21	21	20	20	18	25	17	34	42	42	42	11	10	10	10	9	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 3	E 3	ESE 16	E 13	ESE 16	S 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSE 11	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	—	E 18	SSE 9
kJ	10	8	2	9	11	2	1	1	25	4	25	13	14	28	12	1	1	1	—	6	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NE 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	7	5	6	2	2	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	1	87	8	87	87	87	87	87	108	139	137	108	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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