Waitara Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.99° S 174.22° E

Waitara Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Waitara Bar sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Waitara Bar today (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Waitara Bar at 9PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 22s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (01 Sep)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu night, min 11°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
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1
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3
WSW
11
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.5
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.7
W
11
1.7
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5118
4689
4231
1756
3387
3186
2665
2313
863
965
1605
1440
1403
1419
1277
525
525
683
659
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
12:08PM3.47m
00:22AM3.50m
12:47PM3.37m
1:04AM3.33m
1:32PM3.22m
Low Tide
6:21PM0.54m
6:44AM0.54m
7:04PM0.71m
7:27AM0.72m
7:55PM0.91m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
1
1
2
Temp °C
12
11
11
11
12
12
13
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
15
Feels °C
5
4
5
5
6
7
7
9
10
9
9
9
9
10
11
11
11
11
12
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