Waihau Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.62° S 177.94° E

Issued: 12 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Waihau Bay sea temperature is

16.1°C

Waihau Bay 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 Waihau Bay today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Waihau Bay at 5PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

Table - waves today at Waihau Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 4					Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNW 6	N 6	N 6
Wave Graph
kJ	108	108	105	85	85	113	129	153	186	139	139	109	91	73	60	77	73	84	71	71	67	60	130	128
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	NE	E	E	E	ESE	NNE	NNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	N	N	NNW	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide			3:12PM1.69m				3:46AM1.56m					4:11PM1.66m				4:47AM1.57m				5:06PM1.65m				5:42AM1.60m
Low Tide	8:52AM0.26m				9:34PM0.25m				9:53AM0.30m					10:32PM0.24m				10:53AM0.32m				11:27PM0.22m


	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—
	—	—	—	7:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	7:46
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	2
Temp °C	18	18	17	16	14	15	16	16	18	20	20	18	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	19	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	17	17	16	16	13	15	16	16	19	21	20	19	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	19	19	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	N 6	NNW 15
kJ	108	108	105	85	85	113	129	153	186	139	139	109	91	73	60	77	73	84	71	71	67	47	130	42
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 15	N 10
kJ	28	28	28	27	26	25	12	12	12	47	47	45	48	57	57	43	40	39	40	41	50	48	44	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 13	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	E 11
kJ	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	12	12	12	12	11	11	53	51	51	25	25	8	8	8	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 6	NNW 6	—	N 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	60	—	128
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waiapu River East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Motu River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	51	162	161	118	7	7	7	0	0	51	161	40	9	0	0	0	51	51	76	9	32	84	32	0
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Waiapu River				Waiapu River	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Te Araroa	Waiapu River		Three Points	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Tokomaru Bay	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's
Rating (10 max)	1				1	2	2	2	2	1		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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