Waipu River Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.99° S 174.48° E

Waipu River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Waipu River sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Waipu River today (14 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Waipu River at 9AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu night).

Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.5
NE
9
0.5
NE
9
0.5
NE
9
0.5
NE
10
0.5
NE
10
1.2
N
5
1.4
N
5
1.5
N
6
2.5
NNW
7
1.2
N
7
1
N
7
0.4
NE
10
0.7
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.8
NNW
7
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NNW
7
0.3
NE
10
0.3
NE
10
0.3
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
55
55
41
41
43
45
45
66
109
149
631
138
94
23
41
51
58
24
15
16
14
14
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
W
30
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
S
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:21AM2.15m
10:35PM2.04m
11:03AM2.09m
11:16PM1.97m
11:45AM2.02m
Low Tide
4:20AM0.19m
4:46PM0.33m
5:00AM0.25m
5:28PM0.40m
5:41AM0.33m
6:11PM0.47m
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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6:41
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6:39
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6:37
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7:35
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7:36
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1
2
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1
1
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Temp °C
14
14
17
19
20
19
17
16
17
17
16
15
15
14
12
12
11
11
13
15
15
13
12
Feels °C
14
14
17
17
20
19
15
14
15
14
12
10
9
9
7
4
4
6
8
9
9
8
8
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