Waiapu River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.77° S 178.48° E

Issued: 6 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Waiapu River sea temperature is

14.2°C

Waiapu River 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 Waiapu River today (21 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Waiapu River at 11PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (21 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s

Table - waves today at Waiapu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 21			Thursday 22								Friday 23
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	59	51	96	94	64	49	91	83	183	104	95	43	20	20	28	29	36	35	50
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	W	WSW	W	W	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	WSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide	2:55PM1.38m				3:21AM1.29m				3:45PM1.40m					4:14AM1.33m				4:35PM1.43m
Low Tide			9:15PM0.41m				9:28AM0.40m					10:05PM0.37m				10:20AM0.38m


	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	19	21	19	17	16	15	15	16	17	16	14	14
Feels °C	14	15	13	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 5	SSE 5
kJ	59	51	96	94	64	36	91	83	183	104	95	43	21	20	23	31	36	21	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	SSE 14	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	SSE 8	SSE 10	NE 10	SSE 10	NW 5	ENE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	50	46	38	52	51	49	44	71	19	18	18	19	20	16	20	4	10	35	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	N 12	N 12	SE 17	SE 11	SE 15	NE 11	N 12	N 12	N 12	NE 11	NE 10	NNW 4	ENE 10	ENE 10	NW 5	ENE 10	ENE 9
kJ	28	27	3	3	11	29	57	43	3	3	3	18	16	2	10	10	1	9	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 3	NNW 4	NW 4	NNW 4	—	S 8	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	3	1	—	50	28	29	21	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Cliffs Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	109	0	0	0	53	53	155	58	58	53	0
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape		Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Hicks Bay			Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Tolaga Bay	Tolaga Bay		Tolaga Bay	Three Points	Loisell's	Loisell's
Rating (10 max)		2	2	2	2	3	1			3	2	2	2	1		1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	8	4
Header Global	Virac Harbour Philippines	Virac Harbour Philippines	Super Tubes South Africa	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Haga-Haga South Africa	Riet River South Africa	Haga-Haga South Africa	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Easter Reef Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Keusik Luhur Indonesia	Batu Hiu Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Luna Park Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Cavalos de Fao Portugal
Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	7	5	6	6	6	5	8	8

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waiapu River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Waiapu River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Waiapu River today (21 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website