Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Waihua today (17 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Waihua at 11PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Waihua. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 14 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | SE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 106 | 83 | 81 | 71 | 140 | 282 | 248 | 236 | 193 | 174 | 116 | 155 | 169 | 139 | 134 | 157 | 138 | 121 | 99 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 10:25PM1.43m | 10:49AM1.47m | 11:12PM1.38m | 11:36AM1.43m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:39AM0.25m | 5:09PM0.28m | 5:25AM0.29m | 5:55PM0.32m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 106 | 83 | 81 | 68 | 140 | 282 | 248 | 236 | 193 | 174 | 116 | 155 | 169 | 139 | 134 | 123 | 121 | 42 | 54 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 9 | NE 3 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | ENE 8 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 1 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 53 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 97 | 99 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | SE 11 | S 16 | NE 6 | S 18 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SE 13 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 |
| kJ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 28 | 64 | 63 | 157 | 138 | 121 | 69 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 2 | — | — | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 3 | — | — | — | — | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | S 5 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 36 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
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