Campbells Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.20° S 170.90° E

Campbells Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Campbells Bay sea temperature is
13.8°C
4.1° 

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 (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Campbells Bay at 9PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 6°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue morning, light winds from the WNW by Thu night).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
8
1.3
S
9
1
S
6
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
12
0.4
SSE
13
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
14
1.2
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.7
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
14
1.8
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
277
275
66
154
129
150
139
114
146
58
98
106
159
153
577
140
138
189
246
243
1244
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
ENE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
25
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:36PM1.78m
5:04AM1.90m
5:26PM1.77m
5:58AM1.90m
6:21PM1.74m
Low Tide
10:29AM0.15m
10:48PM0.13m
11:24AM0.17m
11:42PM0.14m
12:22PM0.20m
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6:24
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6:22
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6:20
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8:16
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8:17
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3
2
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Temp °C
9
11
12
10
7
7
6
6
10
14
16
16
13
9
7
7
10
13
13
11
9
Feels °C
1
2
5
5
2
3
3
3
6
10
12
12
9
4
2
4
6
6
5
4
2
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