Waimarama Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.83° S 177.00° E

Waimarama 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Waimarama sea temperature is
14.6°C
0.1° 

Waimarama surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Waimarama today (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 8PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (25 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (25 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Tue afternoon).

Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.2
S
19
0.3
S
18
0.3
S
17
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
15
0.3
S
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
12
0.8
NNE
6
0.6
NE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.4
NE
6
0.9
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
60
43
63
61
60
46
41
29
60
52
80
70
36
35
32
14
40
25
15
11
50
Wind (km/h)
5
W
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
15
NE
15
ENE
0
NE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
S
25
S
10
SSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:27PM1.42m
5:55AM1.45m
6:18PM1.46m
6:46AM1.52m
7:10PM1.50m
Low Tide
11:16AM0.22m
11:43PM0.17m
12:09PM0.17m
00:33AM0.13m
1:03PM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
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Temp °C
16
18
17
15
14
13
12
11
15
18
18
18
16
14
14
17
20
21
12
11
11
Feels °C
15
15
14
13
13
11
10
8
13
14
14
18
14
10
10
13
16
17
6
6
8
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