Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Waimarama today (10 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 9PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Waimarama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSW 15 | ESE 7 | S 7 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SE 7 | SSW 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 51 | 50 | 47 | 42 | 37 | 154 | 70 | 113 | 107 | 104 | 103 | 12 | 59 | 50 | 195 | 339 | 522 | 984 | 1585 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:57AM1.48m | 5:24PM1.58m | 5:51AM1.49m | 6:17PM1.57m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:50PM0.09m | 11:09AM0.08m | 11:45PM0.08m | 12:05PM0.08m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 6 | NE 9 | S 17 | S 5 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 |
| kJ | 51 | 50 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 79 | 67 | 82 | 61 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 21 | 50 | 28 | 339 | 522 | 984 | 1585 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SSW 18 | SE 7 | SSW 17 | ENE 9 | S 16 | S 6 | S 6 | ENE 8 | NE 13 |
| kJ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 37 | 27 | 37 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 103 | 12 | 59 | 16 | 195 | 40 | 49 | 7 | 41 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 15 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SE 7 | SSW 7 | ESE 7 | SSW 12 | NE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 13 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 11 | 5 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 70 | 113 | 107 | 104 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 8 | S 4 | S 5 | S 6 | S 7 | — | — | NE 7 | — | — | WSW 3 | S 6 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 21 | 4 | 40 | 86 | 154 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 4 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 55 | 0 | 21 | 61 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 80 | 2 |
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