Secret spot?We can hide it! Smaills Beach Surf Forecast / New Zealand6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 12 pm Thursday 16 Feb 2012Smaills Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Max-energy | 378 | 286 | 205 | 27 | 52 | 118 | 69 | 87 | 56 | 170 | 308 | 331 | 210 | 88 | 39 | 66 | 117 | 91 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Smaills Beach blow from the NE
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High Tide / height (m) |
12:13PM 1.88 |
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12:45AM 1.99 |
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1:15PM 1.91 |
1:45AM 2.01 |
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2:12PM 1.95 |
2:41AM 2.04 |
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3:06PM 1.99 |
3:33AM 2.07 |
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3:56PM 2.02 |
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4:22AM 2.08 |
4:42PM 2.02 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
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7:10PM 0.14 |
7:49AM 0.21 |
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8:11PM 0.11 |
8:49AM 0.15 |
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9:10PM 0.06 |
9:43AM 0.09 |
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10:03PM 0.03 |
10:33AM 0.06 |
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10:53PM 0.02 |
11:19AM 0.05 |
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11:40PM 0.02 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Dunedin, New Zealand which is 6 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Smaills Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Smaills Beach sea temperature is 12.8 °C (Statistics for 16 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 13.2 max: 15.4 min: 11.9 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Sat night) Mainly fresh winds | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night) Mainly fresh winds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Low °C | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 12 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 6:52 | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 20:49 | - | - | 20:47 | - | - | 20:45 | - | - | 20:44 | - | - | 20:43 | - | - | 20:40 | - | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Smaills Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Smaills Beach at:
surf-forecast.com
Information about the Smaills Beach Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Smaills Beach provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at Smaills Beach can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Smaills Beach surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Smaills Beach) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Smaills Beach may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Are you planning a holiday in Otago Peninsula? If you are looking for accommodation near Smaills Beach, camping, hotels and holiday cottages in Otago Peninsula, consider staying in Dunedin which is 7 km (4 miles) away.
