Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 04 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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 4PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)5677888771599910116666101051011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81503521252422203388889941445871223503545
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
1.68
6:05AM
1.59
6:29PM
1.63
6:50AM
1.52
7:17PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
0.27
12:00AM
0.33
12:17PM
0.34
12:48AM
0.40
1:04PM
0.41
1:40AM
0.47
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--------7:58-------7:58-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:20-------7:17----
light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-111-------------------
Temp. °C11111010109101011111111111111111212131313131313
Feels °C (?)667887888776678811119910111010
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