Whangapoua 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.71° S 175.62° E

Issued: 6 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Whangapoua sea temperature is

16.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Whangapoua today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Whangapoua at 10AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4							Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	105	112	118	102	115	115	127	152	156	160	143	143	143	121	118	86	100	73	73	71	84	59	49	64	50	175
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	2:57AM1.78m				3:28PM1.92m					4:02AM1.77m				4:27PM1.90m				5:03AM1.80m				5:23PM1.89m				5:58AM1.84m
Low Tide			9:12AM0.32m				9:55PM0.30m					10:14AM0.35m				10:53PM0.28m				11:13AM0.36m				11:46PM0.25m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—	—	—	7:54
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	1
Temp °C	16	16	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	19	17	17	16	17
Feels °C	15	16	16	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	17	20	20	18	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	17	16	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NNE 6
kJ	105	112	118	102	115	115	127	152	156	160	143	143	143	121	118	86	100	73	73	71	84	59	49	37	38	104
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	E 14	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NNE 15	N 15	N 15	N 15
kJ	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	23	4	4	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	N 11	E 13	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 16	NE 10	N 10	N 10	N 18
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	7	6	6	6	6	6	2	2	2	2	2	20	4	2	2	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 7	N 6	N 2	N 6	N 4	N 5	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43	41	1	39	11	21	64	50	175
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	105	105	105	106	105	106	4	4	4	4	4	10	14	2	14	14	2	2	2	150	105	105	14	106	2	2
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Rating (10 max)							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1		1	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	8	8	6	7	5

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