Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 14 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
15.6° C
(Which is 3.5°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: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.4
ESE
0.6
E
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)10101091491313131312121212121010101210101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173133100856160578656555073474746676769288276125969086
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
15
SW
5
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
2.03
1:07AM
2.12
1:31PM
2.11
1:53AM
2.17
2:17PM
2.17
2:39AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
0.60
6:51PM
0.51
7:16AM
0.48
7:35PM
0.40
7:57AM
0.40
8:24PM
0.34
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise7:07-------7:07-------7:09-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00------5:59-----
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11151614111010810141714109981016171410877
Feels °C (?)8111311767561013116655699107432
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