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Motunau Beach surf Forecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 27 Apr 2024 NZST
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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 14.1°C (Statistics for 27 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 12.1 °C max: 13.9 °C min: 11.1 °C)
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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 14.1°C (Statistics for 27 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 12.1 °C max: 13.9 °C min: 11.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Motunau Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Motunau Beach at 2PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 27). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (27 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (27 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s

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

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Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.1
SW
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.6
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)98168549111212121111101010101410101666788888877741212121212121212121212171719191817161615141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1514266213311112543405653525139777548404189104107856567442724244115219519827133430929929428928422820588861795311751193853702489384357249238196187
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
E
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
SW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
1.54
7:25PM
1.67
7:47AM
1.53
8:12PM
1.68
8:35AM
1.53
9:01PM
1.69
9:24AM
1.54
9:52PM
1.71
10:17AM
1.56
10:45PM
1.74
11:11AM
1.60
11:39PM
1.78
12:06PM
1.66
12:34AM
1.82
1:01PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
0.35
1:48AM
0.37
1:58PM
0.35
2:36AM
0.36
2:46PM
0.34
3:25AM
0.34
3:35PM
0.31
4:15AM
0.31
4:26PM
0.26
5:06AM
0.26
5:19PM
0.21
5:58AM
0.20
6:14PM
0.16
6:51AM
0.14
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise7:13-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22---
Sunset--5:35-------5:34-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:28-------5:27-------5:25-
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Rain (mm)
---------------------------------342------------------------
Temp. °C81316131111101010141513131211101114141112111091117171312101010115676555711129877781212121110101010121110
Feels °C (?)5101298888812121011108781210810976814151196578-6-3-1100138854333488987889965

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