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Brighton surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Brighton sea temperature is
12.7° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 5PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141515151515141414141414151616151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70121741281251671631151131131168012819113812670118116152137135149147
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
0
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassononononglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
1.64
4:09AM
1.73
4:25PM
1.62
4:50AM
1.71
5:06PM
1.59
5:32AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.37
9:48PM
0.34
10:18AM
0.39
10:30PM
0.36
11:03AM
0.42
11:14PM
0.39
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50
Sunset---8:54-------8:57-------8:58----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1221----------
Temp. °C192224221917151313121010101010911121312111099
Feels °C (?)1718192017151212111089988798101010877
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