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Aramoana Spit surf break

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 3.6°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 11PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.2
NNE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)87810101010111010916131313344444766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80361725991011448543342110343466
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
N
20
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
SE
5
E
5
NNW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossonononcross-
on		crossglasscrossoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
1.78
10:48AM
1.71
11:16PM
1.75
11:41AM
1.68
12:06AM
1.74
12:31PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
0.34
4:55AM
0.42
5:21PM
0.36
5:48AM
0.43
6:10PM
0.36
6:41AM
0.41
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset-9:27-------9:27-------9:25------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C201713121111121316161412111112131414141313131313
Feels °C (?)15124232461099888991112121312111212
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