Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Waihua today (12 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Waihua at 9PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 11s |
| Evening (12 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Waihua. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SSE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 8 | ESE 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 399 | 425 | 377 | 300 | 183 | 172 | 159 | 97 | 68 | 46 | 93 | 97 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 28 | 20 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 4:54PM1.71m | 5:20AM1.58m | 5:51PM1.72m | 6:17AM1.59m | 6:45PM1.72m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:15PM0.06m | 11:33AM0.02m | 00:12AM0.04m | 12:30PM0.01m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Temp °C | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 399 | 425 | 377 | 300 | 183 | 172 | 159 | 97 | 68 | 41 | 54 | 56 | 60 | 60 | 51 | 79 | 55 | 73 | 124 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | S 11 | — | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | ENE 5 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 13 | 9 | — | 18 | 50 | 31 | 8 | 43 | 27 | 46 | 53 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | S 16 | S 16 | S 21 | ENE 4 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | S 18 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SE 7 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 14 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | ESE 14 |
| kJ | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 20 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | E 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | — | — | — | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 93 | 97 | 176 | — | — | — | 149 | 111 | 162 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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