Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
16.0° C
(Which is 3.6°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 3PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (07 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.4
E
1
E
1.9
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)6678899999910101110101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1451569141670324526823423920524922826226721617216812812311888876261
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
2.19
7:32PM
1.95
7:33AM
2.13
8:40PM
1.97
8:51AM
2.05
9:38PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.72
1:19AM
0.90
2:13PM
0.81
2:16AM
0.99
3:09PM
0.87
3:31AM
1.03
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:14-------6:13-------6:10----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C131416161413131214192219161615151720181515141313
Feels °C (?)121214121211121113171916131312121519151213131212
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