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Motunau Beach surf Forecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 30 Mar 2024 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 15.2°C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 °C max: 15.2 °C min: 12.0 °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 15.2°C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 °C max: 15.2 °C min: 12.0 °C)


How big are the waves at Motunau Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Motunau Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.3
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111161616171818181716169889999981212111110101014131312121111111167711111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3142352362036955533332313023242553738012715211265617635334438383737511044237353331486155514771631216089130866360383838383737373738
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
SW
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
0
N
5
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
1.59
9:15AM
1.50
9:39PM
1.59
10:01AM
1.49
10:27PM
1.60
10:50AM
1.49
11:17PM
1.63
11:40AM
1.51
12:09AM
1.68
12:32PM
1.56
1:02AM
1.74
1:26PM
1.62
1:56AM
1.81
2:20PM
1.70
2:50AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.40
3:27PM
0.40
4:00AM
0.41
4:13PM
0.41
4:48AM
0.41
5:00PM
0.38
5:37AM
0.38
5:49PM
0.34
6:27AM
0.34
6:41PM
0.27
7:19AM
0.27
7:34PM
0.19
8:12AM
0.19
8:29PM
0.11
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise----7:41-------7:43-------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-------
Sunset-------7:21-------7:20-------7:17-------7:15-------7:14-------7:13-------7:10----
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Rain (mm)
-------------------------------------------1---121----------
Temp. °C99101011131413111099111313121111101011131312121212121213141212111110131921181514141211121211111110101011111111111110
Feels °C (?)567791012111086791110101010109910991011111111111188898111516131212118799889889109999108

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