Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
16.7° C
(Which is 2.5°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 11PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)--
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.4
NE
0.5
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
E
1.1
NE
0.3
SE
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)10106699991256766666451211555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32301291717161514118516767452616161017552143333730
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
E
15
E
25
SSE
10
S
0
NW
5
NNE
10
N
20
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
WNW
25
SSE
25
S
10
S
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffononcross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcrosscrosscross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
2.07
7:29AM
2.06
8:24PM
2.10
8:23AM
2.00
9:24PM
2.15
9:23AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
0.47
1:40AM
0.58
2:00PM
0.50
2:31AM
0.68
2:52PM
0.55
3:24AM
0.79
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-8:36-------8:34-------8:31------
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171815131110151819141312121012161719161916141414
Feels °C (?)1213987712151591112117812121613141191111
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