Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 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 8PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
2
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.3
NE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
NE
2.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101099999999968888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7726845865124453833272652201812272761191108686120356429579593750902713
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
SW
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
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)
2:44PM
0.53
3:23AM
0.54
3:36PM
0.51
4:12AM
0.51
4:24PM
0.46
4:58AM
0.45
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:10-------6:09-------6:07----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161818161413131212131312111111101114151414131414
Feels °C (?)15171715131212111197767767910101191010
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