Surf Forecasts:
Waihee surf forecast from 28 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 3 Sep, 11AM (local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period, E swell with 959 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Waihee this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Waihee in the next 16 days are 1.9m 12s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 03) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.2m 17s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 29) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Thu 3rd Sep) | 6ft (1.9m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Waihee over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.
Look, it’s a tough stretch ahead for Waihee. We’ve got a long, long gap of nothing but choppy, cross-onshore junk to start. From Thursday the 27th of August all the way through to the 3rd of September, it’s pretty much blown out and messy. The ENE trades are just hammering the break, with moderate swell (158 to 298 combined energy) hanging around, but the wind has it all torn up. Not worth paddling out for. There’s a bit of a step-up in swell energy around the 4th of September, but still those persistent cross-onshore winds ruin the surface. The combined energy jumps into the strong range (963 to 1257) but the quality is poor and the break is exposed, so it’s a mess.
The real standout – and honestly, the only real window we’ve got – is on Thursday the 10th of September. That morning, we finally catch a break. The wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the WSW at 9 mph, and the swell is a tidy 4 ft from the east with a 10-second period, giving us a combined energy of 417. Still moderate energy but the conditions are clean. Then Thursday afternoon gets even better: a 3 mph offshore breeze from the SSW, almost glassy, with a 4 ft easterly swell at 11 seconds and the energy up to 494. That’s genuinely clean surf. That’s the day to aim for. Get on it.
After that, the 11th of September looks like it’s back to the usual trade wind slop. So don’t sleep on Thursday the 10th – it’s a brief window of quality in an otherwise drawn-out run of poor conditions.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | E 15 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 133 | 108 | 111 | 109 | 130 | 156 | 189 | 197 | 229 | 204 | 88 | 291 | 408 | 384 | 428 | 374 | 326 | 318 | 523 | 704 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 2:37PM0.81m | 2:14AM0.56m | 2:57PM0.80m | 2:52AM0.60m | 3:16PM0.76m | 3:32AM0.62m | 3:34PM0.71m | 4:17AM0.64m | 3:49PM0.64m | 5:09AM0.63m | 4:00PM0.58m | 6:16AM0.62m | 3:55PM0.52m | |||||||
Low Tide | 8:55PM0.17m | 8:15AM0.02m | 9:15PM0.13m | 8:48AM0.07m | 9:38PM0.10m | 9:22AM0.14m | 10:01PM0.07m | 9:59AM0.23m | 10:28PM0.05m | 10:40AM0.33m | 10:59PM0.04m | 11:36AM0.43m | 11:38PM0.05m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — |
 | 6:45 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:42 | — | — | 6:40 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Feels °C | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | NNE 7 | E 15 | E 15 | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | NNE 6 | WSW 16 | SW 15 | SW 16 | WSW 18 | E 15 | E 14 | ESE 12 | SW 16 | E 13 |
| kJ | 11 | 9 | 72 | 109 | 130 | 125 | 106 | 72 | 62 | 59 | 69 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 93 | 208 | 10 | 704 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | E 16 | NNE 6 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SW 17 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | ENE 10 | W 11 | W 12 | W 13 | W 12 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | W 10 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 14 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 10 | N 7 | SW 18 | NW 8 | NW 8 | W 12 | W 10 | WSW 16 | — | W 15 | SW 19 | E 15 | W 12 | W 11 | W 10 | NW 11 | W 10 |
| kJ | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 | — | 4 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 133 | 108 | 111 | 90 | 121 | 156 | 189 | 197 | 229 | 204 | 88 | 291 | 408 | 384 | 428 | 374 | 326 | 318 | 523 | 223 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
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