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Motunau Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 30 Mar 2025 NZDT
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Motunau Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motunau Beach sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Motunau Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Motunau Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Motunau Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly12 Days
Canterbury Surf
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Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Mon
07
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.5
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
E
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)121212121414141591514131313131620181918171616161515151414146678888889999991010101010131414131211991110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1041414141920514341221817171617243887219370482448427416390313258251160147121931402773022022232341942382443002622602592303003122271493172111641147364125493028
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
0
SE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
1.92
7:12PM
1.97
7:39AM
1.89
8:10PM
1.98
8:38AM
1.86
9:10PM
1.97
9:38AM
1.81
10:11PM
1.94
10:39AM
1.77
11:12PM
1.90
11:40AM
1.73
12:12AM
1.85
12:40PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
-0.01
1:00PM
-0.02
1:33AM
-0.00
1:57PM
-0.02
2:33AM
0.02
2:55PM
0.01
3:33AM
0.06
3:54PM
0.05
4:33AM
0.11
4:53PM
0.10
5:33AM
0.16
5:52PM
0.15
6:31AM
0.20
6:49PM
0.19
Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Mon
07
Sunrise------7:41-------7:43-------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-----
Sunset-7:22-------7:21-------7:20-------7:17-------7:15-------7:14-------7:13-------7:10--
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Rain (mm)
-----------------------1121----------------1--22-----------1
Temp. °C171413131312131415141313131314151515151414141515151414141515161718181717171718181818171615141313141412121213131516141414
Feels °C (?)13111111119101011111213121214141414141313121314131112121312141516161515151618181818161414131010121410101011101314141213
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