Campbells Bay surf break

Campbells Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (19 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (19 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
1
NE
0.3
SSE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)89991010131313131313131313610799911109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)671329307329386289767663560454461396219149565820263466418294452314177
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
15
NE
5
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
1.73
1:21PM
1.83
1:39AM
1.75
2:04PM
1.82
2:21AM
1.75
2:44PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:00AM
0.16
7:30PM
0.21
7:46AM
0.15
8:12PM
0.20
8:28AM
0.16
8:52PM
0.21
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise--6:31-------6:30-------6:28-----
Sunset-----6:29-------6:30-------6:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C55791077555711141210988101315111010
Feels °C (?)-20343021114810754226912788
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  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 29 km from Campbells Bay has swung offshore (light winds from the W at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station). A 2.0m swell from the SSE

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29 km away, 38 min ago

13 km/h
W
0.0
10.4
Air / Water (°C)
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