Waitarere Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.56° S 175.19° E

Waitarere 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Waitarere sea temperature is
12.6° C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Waitarere today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 6s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Waitarere at 1AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)7ft (2.2m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (16 Jul)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
9
0.7
W
15
0.8
W
15
1.5
WNW
6
1.7
WNW
6
2.2
WNW
6
2.2
WNW
7
2
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
7
1.6
WNW
7
1.6
WNW
7
1.3
WNW
7
1.2
WNW
7
1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
0.5
W
15
1.3
WNW
5
1.9
WNW
7
2.1
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
226
262
227
302
134
191
373
457
360
327
276
252
176
160
120
123
123
123
137
133
109
80
339
481
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
N
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:18PM2.60m
10:42AM2.44m
11:05PM2.59m
11:28AM2.40m
11:50PM2.52m
Low Tide
4:45PM0.12m
5:13AM0.13m
5:32PM0.11m
6:01AM0.15m
6:18PM0.16m
6:48AM0.20m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:37
7:37
7:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:10
5:12
5:12
5:13
 mm
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
10
9
9
10
11
11
Feels °C
11
11
11
9
9
8
7
8
9
10
11
10
9
10
9
8
9
9
7
6
6
5
6
6
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waitarere surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest