Waimarama Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.83° S 177.00° E

Waimarama 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 18 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Waimarama sea temperature is
12.8° C
0.9° 

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 (19 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 23s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 21s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 12AM is: 1.6m 20s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)--
Afternoon (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)23s
Evening (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)21s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
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
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
23
1.5
S
22
1.6
S
21
1.6
S
20
1.5
S
20
1.4
S
18
1.4
S
18
1.3
S
17
1.2
S
16
1.2
S
16
1.2
S
16
1.2
S
15
1.5
S
15
1.5
S
15
1
S
15
1.7
S
19
2
S
19
2.1
S
19
2.2
S
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1310
2243
2335
2039
1707
1342
1229
1027
771
734
710
666
984
953
434
2046
2921
3188
3390
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
20
S
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:50PM1.66m
9:18AM1.51m
9:43PM1.59m
10:12AM1.47m
Low Tide
3:14AM0.02m
3:31PM0.05m
4:06AM0.05m
4:25PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:07
5:08
5:08
 mm
Temp °C
13
11
10
9
9
11
11
13
13
12
11
11
10
9
9
10
11
11
11
Feels °C
11
9
8
6
6
8
8
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
7
7
8
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waimarama surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest