Aramoana Spit surf break

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 18s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (18 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.6
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)10999888877812121211111113121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97973658047537525119114310471344948461006340127287314350287229178
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
0
WSW
5
N
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
NE
10
N
10
N
20
N
30
SW
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
1.89
4:02PM
1.86
4:26AM
1.92
4:44PM
1.88
5:09AM
1.92
5:30PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
0.25
10:54PM
0.20
11:17AM
0.26
11:41PM
0.20
12:05PM
0.27
12:29AM
0.22
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:43-------8:42--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1------1--31-----
Temp. °C121314151414141414141517161414141311131514121110
Feels °C (?)810121414131313141415131311121295776332
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