Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at White Rock - The Spit today (25 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 10PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (25 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at White Rock - The Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 5°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, near gales from the NW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 25 | Saturday 26 | Sunday 27 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | W 7 | SW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 778 | 713 | 560 | 447 | 420 | 379 | 361 | 278 | 251 | 202 | 198 | 127 | 125 | 125 | 123 | 681 | 647 | 1204 | 1395 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:04AM1.25m | 4:28PM1.33m | 4:51AM1.29m | 5:16PM1.35m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:58PM0.23m | 10:13AM0.20m | 10:44PM0.20m | 11:03AM0.17m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:19 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Feels °C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 |
| kJ | 778 | 713 | 560 | 447 | 420 | 379 | 361 | 278 | 251 | 202 | 198 | 127 | 125 | 125 | 123 | 96 | 101 | 175 | 156 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 15 | E 12 | E 12 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | S 9 | ESE 15 | NW 7 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 71 | 72 | 71 | 143 | 139 | 137 | 135 | 133 | 129 | 136 | 129 | 68 | 42 | 46 | 26 | 43 | 25 | 25 | 44 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 15 | ESE 14 | SE 7 | SE 8 | N 10 | — | ENE 3 | NW 4 | WNW 5 | — | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SW 11 | ESE 15 | ENE 6 | SE 15 | ENE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 46 | 71 | 69 | 14 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 19 | — | 48 | 42 | 31 | 86 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ENE 2 | E 3 | ENE 3 | ENE 3 | NE 3 | WNW 3 | NW 4 | NE 3 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NW 7 | NW 7 | WNW 7 | W 7 | SW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 93 | 212 | 400 | 540 | 610 | 681 | 647 | 1204 | 1395 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 102 | 102 | 143 | 102 | 289 | 267 | 69 | 69 |
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