Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Lighthouse (Spot C) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse (Spot C) sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse (Spot C) today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse (Spot C) at 7PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Lighthouse (Spot C). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.7
SSE
1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010101211111111151514141313121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7777111212911193430134012801013745566405306221173135888257
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglassoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39PM
1.77
4:01AM
1.77
4:21PM
1.76
4:41AM
1.72
5:02PM
1.73
5:22AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
0.15
9:48PM
0.14
10:09AM
0.17
10:31PM
0.19
10:50AM
0.22
11:15PM
0.25
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:54-------7:54-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:24-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101314131314161617202018171617161720201918171813
Feels °C (?)71099101214131518171716151614151718171413158
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