Aramoana Spit surf break

Aramoana Spit surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 21 Dec 2025 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 3.4°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 12PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (21 Dec)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (21 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)81211888888891010101010111111101010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11131212111834645730741543245042043741536836132226529228682
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
5
SSE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
15
NNE
5
SSE
30
S
20
S
15
S
5
E
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassononononononononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
1.77
4:32PM
1.63
4:54AM
1.77
5:10PM
1.63
5:31AM
1.77
5:49PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.30
11:06PM
0.26
11:35AM
0.31
11:49PM
0.27
12:17PM
0.33
12:34AM
0.29
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----9:25-------9:25-------9:27--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------14--------
Temp. °C991011111010998911121212131413151415141413
Feels °C (?)234544877666654681114911111310
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