Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
1.5
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111141212111111111110101010101066666999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10097100365461493476396156151110837857382416785563516543231
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
20
SSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
20
NNE
35
NE
30
NE
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
35
W
40
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
1.76
6:06PM
1.71
6:32AM
1.72
6:54PM
1.69
7:21AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
0.14
12:04PM
0.21
12:25AM
0.17
12:52PM
0.23
1:17AM
0.22
1:44PM
0.26
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:58--------7:00-------7:01---
Sunset-------8:39-------8:38-------8:37
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-11-------------------
Temp. °C141414131517171412111010121516151614121315151716
Feels °C (?)121212998753556910991111887689
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