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Campbells Bay surf break

Campbells Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
16.8° C
 (Which is 3.8°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 9AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.7
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)66991311111010109999999999991413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19217381220556515427307258214156121949271927171535331293356
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SSE
20
E
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
1.49
12:08AM
1.52
12:28PM
1.48
12:59AM
1.55
1:17PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
0.45
5:40PM
0.42
6:08AM
0.48
6:28PM
0.44
6:58AM
0.49
7:14PM
0.43
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset-----9:23-------9:23-------9:22--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------56
Temp. °C121114171714121211111416151515141313171615141212
Feels °C (?)53610121089891112121315131312151312121111
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