White Rock - The Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.59° S 175.36° E

White Rock - The Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's White Rock - The Spit sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.6° 

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 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 10PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (01 Oct)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.5
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
1.5
SSW
16
2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
931
786
816
854
803
508
451
387
358
272
226
223
191
434
305
285
257
1180
1931
Wind (km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NW
0
WSW
5
S
15
SSE
25
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:44PM1.37m
10:09AM1.50m
10:39PM1.37m
11:05AM1.52m
Low Tide
3:53AM0.11m
4:32PM0.08m
4:47AM0.10m
5:28PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:52
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6:50
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7:22
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7:23
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7:24
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3
1
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Temp °C
14
12
9
9
9
9
13
17
18
16
13
11
11
10
9
8
9
9
9
Feels °C
12
10
7
7
6
6
9
12
12
12
10
10
9
6
4
3
3
2
2
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