Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 02 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 7PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)1212151515141413131212111111111018444451616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114106110178360336261208156118896443433017618182516322524
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
2.14
4:55AM
2.16
5:24PM
2.13
5:20AM
2.13
6:03PM
2.09
5:49AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
0.61
10:53PM
0.59
11:09AM
0.58
11:34PM
0.65
11:50AM
0.56
12:13AM
0.71
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--------7:52-------7:54-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------131111
Temp. °C162022211917171616202220181616161212101011111111
Feels °C (?)1317191818161614131819171513131478667999
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