Aramoana Spit surf break

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.4°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 2PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.1
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)10109119111111111110101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212154118282127354342335277272257204196125153118111108614242402726
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
0
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NW
10
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
10
WNW
20
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
1.95
5:00PM
1.89
5:23AM
1.86
5:47PM
1.82
6:08AM
1.76
6:36PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.14
11:52PM
0.13
12:10PM
0.19
12:35AM
0.20
12:53PM
0.25
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:16-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset-----8:19-------8:16-------8:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131314141415151617171723261815141414141414141414
Feels °C (?)111213121112131414141520241615141312111111121314
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