Tuhawaiki Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.45° S 171.26° E

Issued: 5 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tuhawaiki Point sea temperature is

9.4° 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 (16 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuhawaiki Point at 12AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s
Evening (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 15			Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	3	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 15	ESE 15	SSE 23	SSE 23	SSE 23
Wave Graph
kJ	15	15	30	33	35	36	36	34	52	87	105	155	151	201	298	325	380	366	512	335	326	475	692	692
Wind (km/h)	SSE	WNW	NW	NW	W	S	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	NNW	NNE	N	NW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:10PM2.55m				4:02AM2.49m				5:10PM2.55m				5:10AM2.42m					6:05PM2.49m				6:19AM2.33m
Low Tide				10:01PM0.59m				10:31AM0.44m				10:57PM0.61m				11:31AM0.43m				11:53PM0.63m


	—	—	—	—	—	8:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:03	—	—
	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	10	9	8	9	9	7	9	11	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	10	9	8	7	6	6	7	10
Feels °C	8	8	6	4	6	3	3	4	8	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	7	6	5	4	3	2	3	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	E 4	E 5	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 14	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 14
kJ	15	4	4	33	35	36	6	10	17	87	105	155	151	201	298	325	380	366	512	335	326	348	334	293
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 4	E 4	E 4	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 12	SSE 15	S 9	SSE 15	SSE 17	SSE 23	SSE 23	SSE 23
kJ	1	15	30	4	1	1	36	34	34	84	78	97	133	95	92	86	54	87	111	91	115	475	692	692
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 17	SE 16	SE 16	SE 16	SE 16	SE 15	—	ESE 16	ESE 16	SSE 14	S 14	S 15	S 9	S 15	S 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 23	—	—	—
kJ	11	11	10	10	10	9	—	26	52	41	104	155	55	172	116	76	22	40	44	75	53	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Moeraki Otago	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Crossroads Otago	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3
Distance (km)	87	87	87	87	87	107	87	87	87	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Gore Bay	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay	Waikuku Beach	Fields	Gore Bay	Leithfield Beach	Leithfield Beach	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Gore Bay	Gore Bay	Gore Bay	Port Robinson	Gore Bay	Gore Bay	Gore Bay	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	6
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Waiwakaiho Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shag Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Makorori Centre Gisborne and Mahia	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	3	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	8	4	5	8	7	8	7
Header Global	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Balnarring Point Australia	Shipstern Bluff Australia	Cape St Martin South Africa	Hell South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Easter Reef Australia	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Cannibal Bay New Zealand	Catlins River Mouth New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand	Seconds (White Rock) New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	9	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	5	6	8	5	5	7

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