Aramoana Spit surf break

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 15 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 2AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.6
S
0.6
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
NE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)2111212121345511116677887766999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)134417011806044611141301098812630162361813292520
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
5
WSW
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
N
25
SSW
5
W
10
ENE
20
N
10
NW
5
W
25
WSW
10
WNW
20
SW
40
SW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13PM
1.70
9:45AM
1.83
10:18PM
1.74
10:47AM
1.85
11:16PM
1.80
11:43AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.25
4:44PM
0.29
5:05AM
0.23
5:45PM
0.24
6:04AM
0.19
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----6:39-------6:37-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:25-------6:27-------6:28
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------21----113-
Temp. °C1413119910101015151313131512111011109101276
Feels °C (?)95547543101088811119698377-2-5
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Aramoana Spit (light winds from the SW at Port Chalmers wx 9 km from Aramoana Spit). 0.1m 4s local chop from the NNE to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 33 min ago

19 km/h
SW
Offshore
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