Campbells Bay surf break

Campbells Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.9°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 5AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.7
SE
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)99910101013129899999556677779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)981241892262571027996577146822021691401139069871045968545449113
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
25
W
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NW
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
ENE
10
E
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----7:11-------7:13-------7:13---
Sunset------5:59-------5:57-------5:55-
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C121110101114141211999101416151414131313161614
Feels °C (?)7766465565555811111112111111131413
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