Wharariki Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.51° S 172.67° E

Wharariki Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wharariki Beach sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Wharariki Beach today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Wharariki Beach at 10AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (01 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (01 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
14
3
W
14
3
W
14
3
W
14
3
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.3
W
14
2.3
W
17
2.3
W
17
2.2
W
6
2
W
15
1.9
W
15
0.9
W
15
2
WNW
6
2.1
WNW
6
2.2
WNW
7
2
WNW
7
1.9
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
8
0.9
W
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4207
3894
3425
3247
3028
2817
2796
2756
2349
2019
3164
3128
365
1865
1697
381
300
350
471
405
348
393
343
Wind (km/h)
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
55
W
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:04AM3.32m
12:26PM3.21m
00:43AM3.23m
1:07PM3.11m
1:26AM3.07m
1:53PM2.97m
Low Tide
6:19AM0.09m
6:36PM0.21m
6:59AM0.20m
7:19PM0.35m
7:43AM0.36m
8:08PM0.52m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:07
 mm
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
10
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
15
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
-1
-1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
9
8
9
9
9
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