Tuhawaiki Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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 2.4°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 4AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)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
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ESE
1.4
NE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.4
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1110101010101010699999141366666664
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1107574525133100321331717168674312656139261512813
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
10
SSW
5
NW
15
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
35
NE
25
NW
20
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
SSE
15
E
20
SSE
10
S
0
N
5
NE
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
2.13
7:28PM
2.07
7:29AM
2.06
8:24PM
2.10
8:23AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.51
1:13PM
0.47
1:40AM
0.58
2:00PM
0.50
2:31AM
0.68
2:52PM
0.55
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------8:36-------8:34-------8:31
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141211101215181816131011151818181512121012161718
Feels °C (?)99968111312108791115151412111189121215
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