Campbells Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.20° S 170.90° E

Issued: 5 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Campbells Bay sea temperature is

10.3° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Campbells Bay today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Campbells Bay at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (12 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 12							Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	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	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	NE 5	SSE 13	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	SSE 17
Wave Graph
kJ	75	63	45	44	42	42	36	35	26	57	31	40	96	114	39	57	76	76	61	8	42	96	53	92
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	N	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NW	WSW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on
High Tide	00:28AM1.71m				1:03PM1.90m				1:25AM1.79m				1:59PM1.99m				2:19AM1.86m				2:53PM2.04m
Low Tide			6:37AM0.13m				7:16PM0.18m				7:34AM0.05m				8:13PM0.12m				8:31AM-0.02m					9:09PM0.08m


	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	8:10
	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	5:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	5	5	4	7	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	8	10	8	8	8	8	7	8	11	14	11	9	9
Feels °C	2	1	0	3	4	2	1	-1	0	0	0	3	7	3	4	4	4	2	3	6	10	8	5	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 4	ENE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	64	63	44	43	42	42	27	26	9	18	28	16	55	50	39	57	76	76	61	8	8	47	53	44
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 9	SSE 13	S 9	S 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	SSE 17
kJ	47	46	45	44	42	27	26	26	26	57	14	29	16	16	8	7	7	7	3	6	23	21	47	92
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 9	ESE 9	S 13	SSW 12	S 9	S 12	S 12	S 13	S 20	S 18	S 18	S 13	NE 10	S 21	S 21	SE 14
kJ	75	42	42	42	41	40	36	35	15	26	30	30	6	3	3	3	8	6	6	3	4	9	36	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	—	NNW 2	NE 7	NE 5	NE 5	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	5	25	45	31	40	96	114	—	—	—	—	1	52	42	96	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	88	82	0	9	0	0	0	0	61	20	0	0	0	20
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	9	9

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