Campbells Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.20° S 170.90° E

Campbells Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Campbells Bay sea temperature is
10.0°C
1.4° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 17s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Campbells Bay at 8AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
1
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
8
0.5
ENE
8
0.4
SSE
14
1.3
SW
6
0.8
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
16
0.7
S
17
0.8
S
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
170
164
108
77
74
52
99
86
84
81
85
78
59
44
35
67
136
229
96
157
188
270
364
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
20
SW
20
W
35
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State
off
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
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
7:21AM1.64m
7:48PM1.56m
8:26AM1.65m
8:55PM1.55m
9:36AM1.68m
Low Tide
1:14AM0.33m
1:51PM0.36m
2:14AM0.34m
2:54PM0.37m
3:17AM0.31m
3:58PM0.35m
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thunderstorm
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7:01
7:00
6:58
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6:08
6:10
6:12
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
12
16
18
15
12
11
11
11
11
14
13
11
10
9
10
8
9
14
15
14
11
Feels °C
8
8
9
12
14
12
8
8
7
8
7
8
5
5
3
2
6
3
4
9
9
11
8
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