Surf Forecasts:
Weld Road surf forecast from 9 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Friday 10 Jul, 6AM (local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 18s period, WSW swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 15 Jul, 3PM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period, WSW swell with 4,327 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Friday 10 Jul, 6AM (local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 18s period with WSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Weld Road this week:
The surf forecast for Weld Road over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 10) at 6AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 2.5m and 18s period with a secondary swell of 1.0m and 14s. Another secondary swell of 2.3m and 9s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Weld Road in the next 16 days are 3.0m 16s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 15) at 3PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 2.5m 7s period and expected on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 12AM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 6AM (Fri 10th Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) 18s |
| Best Surf | 6AM (Fri 10th Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) 18s |
| Most Powerful | 3PM (Wed 15th Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 16s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Weld Road over the next 16 days.
Alright, let me break this down for you. We're looking at Weld Road, a reef break that's wide open to southwest swells. Over the next two weeks, there's plenty of surf, but you gotta work around the wind.
The main show kicks off this Friday, July 10th, with a big southwest groundswell. Expect waves around 8ft in the morning, with a super long 18-second period – that’s serious energy (4213 combined). The wind is blowing offshore from the SSE, so the lines will be clean and powerful. This is expert-only stuff; over 8ft is not for beginners. Saturday the 11th drops to about 5ft in the morning, still with offshore winds and that long-period push, making for excellent conditions for strong intermediates.
Sunday the 12th is a split day. Morning is clean with a 7ft west-southwest swell and light cross-offshore wind – still some good ones. But the afternoon wind turns cross-onshore and the quality drops off. Monday and Tuesday the 13th and 14th look like a total loss with choppy, onshore junk.
The swell builds again on Wednesday the 15th, but the wind is onshore, wrecking what could be a big 10ft wave (4327 combined energy). That’s a heartbreaker. Thursday the 16th stays onshore with 8ft waves. Then Friday the 17th brings a clean-up with a cross-offshore wind from the SSW and a 7ft swell. That’s the best window later in the week.
Into the second week, Saturday the 18th is small and clean, but aim for Sunday the 19th and Monday the 20th. Those days show 5ft to 6ft swells with light offshore winds – glassy conditions for a reef like this.
The real gem in that second week is Wednesday the 22nd afternoon. The morning is a bit cross-shore, but the afternoon cleans right up with a long-period 4ft swell from the west-southwest. Not huge, but the quality will be there. And Thursday the 23rd afternoon? The wind goes dead flat, with a tiny 2ft swell – that’s a longboarder’s paradise.
Friday the 24th jumps back up to 8ft to 8ft with offshore winds all day. That’s a powerful, clean swell, but strictly for the experts. Over 8ft on Saturday the 25th? That’s a heavy session.
So, the standout: this Friday morning, July 10th, for the big, clean, heavy waves if you’ve got the nerve. And for the second week, save the date for Sunday the 19th through Monday the 20th for that sweet mix of size and glassy conditions. This spot gets crowded sometimes, so beat the rush.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 11°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu night, light winds from the E by Sun morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Mon night, calm by Tue afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thu 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 14 | WSW 18 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WNW 8 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1753 | 3417 | 2379 | 1845 | 1094 | 1021 | 2349 | 1982 | 1571 | 1279 | 731 | 424 | 189 | 290 | 245 | 1082 | 1626 | 4327 | 4117 | 3247 | 2775 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:01AM2.67m | 5:46PM2.67m | 6:12AM2.71m | 6:54PM2.80m | 7:20AM2.81m | 7:57PM2.98m | 8:22AM2.94m | 8:54PM3.15m | 9:18AM3.07m | 9:46PM3.30m | 10:09AM3.15m | 10:36PM3.39m | 10:58AM3.17m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 10:53PM0.72m | 11:29AM0.55m | 00:03AM0.66m | 12:35PM0.48m | 1:10AM0.54m | 1:38PM0.36m | 2:13AM0.38m | 2:36PM0.22m | 3:10AM0.22m | 3:30PM0.09m | 4:03AM0.09m | 4:21PM0.01m | 4:53AM0.02m | 5:09PM-0.01m | |||||||
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 | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — |
 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:21 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WSW 12 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 |
| kJ | 1621 | 3417 | 2379 | 1845 | 1094 | 1016 | 2349 | 1982 | 1571 | 1279 | 731 | 424 | 189 | 290 | 207 | 1082 | 1626 | 4327 | 4117 | 3247 | 2775 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 19 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | S 7 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | — | — | — | — | N 13 | N 13 | W 23 | N 7 | WSW 12 | NW 8 | W 11 | NW 7 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1753 | 215 | 115 | 86 | 681 | 1021 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 11 | 181 | 245 | 123 | 836 | 12 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 8 | — | SW 21 | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 13 | WSW 13 | N 7 | WSW 18 | NNW 7 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 39 | — | 117 | 34 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 219 | 58 | 404 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 8 | S 7 | SSE 3 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 4 | N 6 | N 7 | WSW 6 | SW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1279 | 542 | 183 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 224 | 575 | 74 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 156 | 156 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 88 | 45 | 39 | 10 |
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