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Murdering Bay Surf Photo: '3-4ft mild offshore' by jordan hirst

Lat Long: 45.76° S 170.69° E

Issued: 5 pm 19 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Murdering Bay sea temperature is

12.0° C

2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NE	ENE	S	E
	11 s	cross- on	4 s	11 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NE	ENE	S	E
	11 s	cross- on	4 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NE	ENE	S	E
	11 s	cross- on	4 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NE	NE	S	E
	10 s	cross- on	5 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	S	E
	5 s	cross- on	5 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	S	ESE
	6 s	cross- on	6 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	S	ESE
	6 s	cross- on	6 s	9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 January at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NNE	ENE	S	ESE
	7 s	cross- on	7 s	9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	S	SSW
	7 s	cross- on	7 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNE	ENE	ENE	S
	7 s	on	7 s	7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNE	ENE	ENE	S
	8 s	on	8 s	8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW	NE	ENE	S
	8 s	glass	8 s	8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSE	S	ENE	S
	8 s	cross- off	9 s	8 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	S	SW	ENE	S
	8 s	off	4 s	8 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW	SSW	ENE	SSW
	8 s	off	5 s	9 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 January at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE		ENE	SSW
	8 s	cross- on		9 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 January at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NNE		ENE	SSW
	8 s	on		9 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 January at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Murdering Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 59 minutes before low water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.9m (2.8 ft). Range 2.35m (7.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Murdering Bay Surf Photo: '3-4ft mild offshore' by jordan hirst

awesome morning of 200+ meter long empty walls with only 3 of us out

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User: jordan hirst (2 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 3:08 am 16 Jan 2015