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Campbells Bay surf break

Campbells Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Campbells Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Campbells Bay sea temperature is
16.3° C
 (Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Campbells Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Campbells Bay at 3PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (23 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (23 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
2
S
2
S
2.5
SSE
4
SSW
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)11111212121111111111101091112121212121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7838268879888656396405554153432762655939511669411439903061242022091954179616001418
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.68
7:21PM
1.59
7:48AM
1.64
8:11PM
1.58
8:40AM
1.61
9:09PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
0.31
1:43AM
0.28
2:14PM
0.32
2:37AM
0.31
3:07PM
0.33
3:35AM
0.33
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:20-------6:22
Sunset---9:16-------9:15-------9:15----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3431-------111----------
Temp. °C141413141312121213141413131212121315151615151515
Feels °C (?)111199866566865332589109101010
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