Waipaoa River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.72° S 177.94° E

Issued: 6 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Waipaoa River sea temperature is

14.1°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Waipaoa River today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Waipaoa River at 11AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (08 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 8							Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSE 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	ESE 6	SSE 14	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSE 19
Wave Graph
kJ	307	241	229	180	103	98	94	82	80	96	82	82	101	135	186	121	97	70	75	62	64	64	69
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	ESE	ENE	NNW
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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		4:12AM1.43m				4:39PM1.52m				5:10AM1.44m				5:34PM1.52m				6:04AM1.47m				6:26PM1.51m
Low Tide				10:21AM0.18m				10:58PM0.15m				11:19AM0.18m				11:52PM0.14m				12:14PM0.17m


	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—
mm	1	2	2	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	13
Feels °C	13	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	307	241	229	180	103	98	94	82	80	78	82	82	75	75	75	75	60	62	75	62	64	64	64
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 9	S 15	S 15	SSE 15	S 15	S 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	S 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12
kJ	16	15	9	9	22	18	18	21	17	4	32	62	100	89	131	78	73	70	68	34	34	33	28
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 18	S 18	ENE 8	NE 8	SSW 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 16	SSE 19
kJ	25	24	23	22	8	8	3	3	6	6	34	15	101	135	186	121	6	5	5	58	28	21	69
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 2	SW 3	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	1	5	3	1	1	2	64	64	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	97	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	40	40	40	41	39	41	0	0	0	0	39	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	1		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5

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