Campbells Bay surf break

Campbells Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 21 Aug 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
9.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161615151515151110161616161514141818161615151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)7547416015784774694692512852322262802441821651681391398684656485148
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
SW
10
SE
5
SE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.75
1:40PM
1.89
1:58AM
1.78
2:26PM
1.90
2:43AM
1.79
3:10PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
0.13
7:50PM
0.20
8:06AM
0.10
8:37PM
0.18
8:53AM
0.10
9:22PM
0.18
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise--7:24-------7:22-------7:20-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:54-------5:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8891011988878101198776689777
Feels °C (?)434576544347865443455344
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Campbells Bay (light winds from the W at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station 29 km from Campbells Bay). 1.4m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
W
0.0
9.9
Air / Water (°C)
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