White Rock - The Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.59° S 175.36° E

White Rock - The Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's White Rock - The Spit sea temperature is
13.4°C
0.0° 

White Rock - The Spit 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 - The Spit today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 6AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (01 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, strong winds from the NW by Sun night).

Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSW
12
2.5
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
12
2
S
12
1.8
S
12
1.5
S
11
1.3
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
10
0.6
SSW
10
0.5
SSW
10
0.5
SSW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2013
1699
1413
1136
894
586
410
242
194
153
115
80
56
55
26
15
14
17
16
31
25
95
84
113
Wind (km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
45
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
10:22PM1.40m
10:49AM1.58m
11:19PM1.39m
11:46AM1.55m
00:17AM1.38m
12:43PM1.51m
Low Tide
4:30AM0.04m
5:13PM0.03m
5:27AM0.05m
6:09PM0.04m
6:25AM0.06m
7:05PM0.06m
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Temp °C
7
7
7
12
14
15
13
12
12
13
13
15
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
18
18
17
14
Feels °C
3
3
3
8
8
8
4
3
3
4
5
6
7
8
7
8
8
7
8
9
12
13
14
13
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