Aramoana Spit surf break

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Aramoana Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Aramoana Spit sea temperature is
14.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Aramoana Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Aramoana Spit at 1PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Aramoana Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111010101010109999999998777678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27727217420016112594116871088142424125262513151717162126
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
NNW
15
NNE
0
NW
25
S
10
S
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
SSE
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcrossonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
1.86
5:47PM
1.82
6:08AM
1.76
6:36PM
1.73
6:57AM
1.65
7:27PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.19
12:35AM
0.20
12:53PM
0.25
1:19AM
0.27
1:37PM
0.30
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise--7:18-------7:20-------7:20-----
Sunset-----8:16-------8:15-------8:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------276511
Temp. °C171617222618151415151515151515141414141413121111
Feels °C (?)14131518251414141412121112141514141414129656
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