Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Aramoana Spit today (26 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Aramoana Spit at 3AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 25). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (26 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
| Evening (26 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Aramoana Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||
Saturday 26 | Sunday 27 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 15 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 71 | 71 | 71 | 145 | 101 | 139 | 137 | 133 | 129 | 123 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 72 | 163 | 113 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 1:28AM1.91m | 1:51PM1.90m | 3:09AM1.95m | 2:33PM1.93m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:51PM0.23m | 8:15AM0.21m | 8:34PM0.22m | 9:00AM0.18m | |||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  | | | | |  |  | |  |  | |  | |
 | — | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Feels °C | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | S 13 | S 13 |
| kJ | 206 | 199 | 96 | 94 | 68 | 139 | 137 | 133 | 129 | 123 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 56 | 166 | 126 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | ESE 12 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | S 10 | S 9 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | S 16 | S 14 | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 |
| kJ | 71 | 71 | 48 | 145 | 101 | 67 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 65 | 44 | 72 | 163 | 113 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 15 | SSW 12 | ESE 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | ESE 16 | NE 6 | ESE 16 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 7 | S 20 |
| kJ | 28 | 47 | 71 | 50 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 41 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | — | — | SSW 5 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 31 | — | — | 135 | 220 | 132 | 201 | 360 | 358 | 319 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 162 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Aramoana Spit 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.
Nearest