Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.1°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 9AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010106777665588888877666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7979808053212298154936451949255564342242321121188
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
onononononononglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
1.57
11:10PM
1.69
11:38AM
1.60
12:17AM
1.75
12:41PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
0.34
4:47PM
0.28
5:29AM
0.33
5:50PM
0.24
6:30AM
0.28
6:50PM
0.17
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:29--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------25411----------
Temp. °C111113161819201815131211111111111111111212121212
Feels °C (?)66810121618171211655689109999999
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