White Rock Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.57° S 175.43° E

White Rock Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Rock Point sea temperature is
12.1° C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at White Rock Point today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for White Rock Point at 7PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (05 Aug)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (05 Aug)10ft (3.0m)11s

Table - waves today at White Rock Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri night, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NW by Fri night).

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
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3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
!
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
S
12
4
S
12
4
S
12
3.5
S
12
3
S
11
2.3
SSE
10
2.3
SSE
11
2.5
S
11
1.8
SSW
11
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
SSW
10
1.6
SE
12
1.3
S
17
1.7
S
16
1.8
S
15
2.2
S
14
2
S
13
1.9
S
13
1.8
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5759
4737
4054
3355
2609
1040
1121
1548
718
685
603
440
394
666
930
1384
1371
1902
1419
1191
989
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:48AM1.30m
10:12PM1.31m
10:39AM1.35m
11:03PM1.32m
11:32AM1.40m
Low Tide
4:01PM0.20m
4:25AM0.18m
4:54PM0.18m
5:15AM0.16m
5:49PM0.16m
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:20
7:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:27
5:28
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
7
8
8
8
7
8
7
7
7
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
7
10
11
10
11
Feels °C
-1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
3
5
5
3
5
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