Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 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
15.1° C
(Which is 3.0°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 3PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.7
SSE
1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111151514141313121212111111111010787788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129111934491340128010428255574693062391731351178257313726202524
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
5
NE
0
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
SE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
1.77
4:21PM
1.76
4:41AM
1.72
5:02PM
1.73
5:22AM
1.66
5:45PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
0.17
10:31PM
0.19
10:50AM
0.22
11:15PM
0.25
11:33AM
0.27
12:00AM
0.33
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:54-------7:54-------7:56-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:22-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------211--
Temp. °C151516202219161717161720201918171614111111111111
Feels °C (?)131214171917161616141518191514141410667789
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