Aramoana Spit Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.78° S 170.72° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 4PM is: 0.4m 2s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	2s
Evening (19 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	4s

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

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	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	0	1	12	32	131	31	26	16	16	15	38	101	68	156	405	432	800	717	676	502	287	232	201
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NW	WSW	N	N	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	SSW	E	ESE	E	NNE	NW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:33PM 1.93				12:55AM 1.90				1:20PM 1.95				1:39AM 1.91				2:02PM 1.94				2:21AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 0.16				7:24PM 0.16				7:44AM 0.15				8:07PM 0.16				8:28AM 0.17				8:48PM 0.18

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	7	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	9
Feels °C (?)	1	2	0	-1	0	1	1	3	4	5	3	3	6	6	4	3	8	8	7	10	10	6	8	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Wind reports 9 km away suggest it is still onshore at Aramoana Spit (light winds from the NE at Port Chalmers wx). No surfable waves
3 hours 8 minutes ago Aramoana Spit

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3 h 8 min ago

14 km/h

Onshore

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