Waiapu River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.77° S 178.48° E

Issued: 12 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Waiapu River sea temperature is

15.2°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Waiapu River at 7PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Evening (03 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 3					Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 11	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	6	5	68	72	83	88	73	85	83	66	64	75	133	210	218	233	227	77	65	57	47	49
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide			1:48PM1.64m				2:19AM1.49m				2:48PM1.60m				3:22AM1.48m				3:47PM1.56m					4:22AM1.48m
Low Tide	7:30AM0.16m				8:11PM0.18m				8:30AM0.21m				9:10PM0.19m				9:30AM0.25m					10:07PM0.20m


	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—
	—	—	—	7:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:43	—	—	—	7:45
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	19	18	17	17	18	18
Feels °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 13	N 12	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 12	N 12	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	49	13	12	60	68	72	83	88	73	11	11	66	64	75	58	210	218	105	168	77	65	57	47	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	SSE 8	SSE 8	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	SE 14	NE 10	N 12	SSE 16	SSE 16	N 7	SSE 16	SSE 14	N 7	SSE 13	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7
kJ	13	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	4	11	24	24	59	48	41	97	17	76	58	44	44	43
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 15	SE 14	NE 10	SE 14	SSE 16	N 12	N 12	SSE 16	N 11	N 11	SSE 14	N 11	SSE 12	SSE 12	NE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11
kJ	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	8	4	7	24	11	11	50	2	2	18	2	15	14	14	12	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 6	NNE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	—	—	NNE 6	—	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	—
kJ	—	52	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	83	—	—	—	133	—	—	233	227	94	92	75	75	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Anaura Bay East Cape	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Point Annihilation Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Whales 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	Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road Gisborne and Mahia	Hicks Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	53	321	107	53	0	0	0	0	145	156	154	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	27	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Loisell's			Anaura Bay	Maraenui	Maraenui	Maraenui	Maraenui					Maraenui	Loisell's	Loisell's	Maraenui	Waiapu River	Waiapu River		Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Torere Beach	Loisell's
Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	1	1					1	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	4	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

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