Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 12PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.4
NE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999999999678888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8507727726845865124453753272652202161811461191108686152286452579569650
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
E
5
ESE
0
ENE
0
N
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
0
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglasscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
1.37
9:05PM
1.47
9:31AM
1.36
10:01PM
1.48
10:23AM
1.39
10:50PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.55
2:44PM
0.53
3:23AM
0.54
3:36PM
0.51
4:12AM
0.51
4:24PM
0.46
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:09-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C161516171815141413121212131211111010111415141414
Feels °C (?)131315151715141311101188767666810111111
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