Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Waimarama today (28 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 1AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (28 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (28 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Waimarama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the W by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 27 | Wednesday 28 | Thursday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | NE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 13 | S 12 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 9 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 98 | 120 | 164 | 136 | 83 | 82 | 139 | 86 | 77 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 50 | 48 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:37AM1.59m | 8:02PM1.53m | 8:30AM1.64m | 8:56PM1.54m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:24AM0.09m | 1:57PM0.08m | 2:16AM0.06m | 2:51PM0.05m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — |
mm | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 12 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 12 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 8 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 98 | 120 | 164 | 136 | 83 | 60 | 139 | 86 | 77 | 51 | 50 | 28 | 16 | 50 | 48 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | NE 6 | SSW 8 | ENE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | S 13 | S 13 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | S 17 | S 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 82 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 52 | 57 | 14 | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 11 | S 8 | NE 6 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | — | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | S 17 | ENE 5 | SSW 13 | NE 4 | — | — |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 3 | NE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 3 | W 3 | WSW 4 |
| kJ | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 199 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 118 | 6 |
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