Campbells Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.20° S 170.90° E

Campbells Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Campbells Bay sea temperature is
10.5°C
1.8° 

Campbells Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Campbells Bay today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 17s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Campbells Bay at 10AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
14
0.4
S
14
0.4
S
15
0.3
S
14
0.4
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
17
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.7
S
15
0.8
S
15
0.9
S
15
0.9
S
15
1
S
15
0.9
S
15
0.9
S
15
0.8
S
15
0.7
S
14
1.2
NE
6
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
58
61
67
36
99
92
132
129
127
179
174
221
283
362
357
428
343
343
272
203
92
122
122
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
5
NNW
15
N
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
W
5
SE
5
NE
10
NE
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
W
40
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
7:34AM1.56m
7:59PM1.46m
8:35AM1.52m
9:02PM1.42m
9:38AM1.51m
Low Tide
1:19AM0.42m
1:55PM0.48m
2:15AM0.48m
2:52PM0.53m
3:11AM0.50m
3:48PM0.54m
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:25
6:27
6:29
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
5
5
6
8
10
9
7
6
6
7
9
11
12
10
8
7
7
8
10
15
16
14
8
Feels °C
1
1
2
4
7
5
4
2
2
3
5
8
9
7
4
2
1
3
6
12
14
10
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