Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.90° S 170.60° E)

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Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach sea temperature is 12.1° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (14 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

Table - waves today at Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	24	11	23	22	22	21	12	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	86	182	167	218	470	304	158	129	94	68	49	48	33	31	44	23	95	156	154	153	297	317	1042	2490
Wind (km/h)	SE	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	SE	N	NNE	NNW	N	N	NE	NE	N	NW	NW	NNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:29PM 1.63				11:03AM 1.74				11:31PM 1.63				12:02PM 1.74				12:28AM 1.65				12:57PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 0.22				5:04PM 0.28				5:28AM 0.25				6:11PM 0.29				6:34AM 0.25

		Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04

Rain (mm)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	10	12	13	14	13	12	10	11	10	11	13	13
Feels °C (?)	4	2	2	1	3	5	5	7	5	3	4	3	6	8	9	11	10	8	5	4	1	2	6	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach (light winds from the ENE at DunedinAeroAws 32 km from Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach). A 1.1m swell from the SSW
1 hour 17 minutes ago Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach

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32 km away, 1 h 17 min ago

13 km/h

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12.1

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