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Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 3.2°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 11AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
SSW
1.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.3
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)5554655877755551111117777910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1618192174336522221816172231749679442914
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
10
NE
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
25
NNW
35
NW
45
W
35
W
15
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
1.67
9:09PM
1.57
9:37AM
1.58
10:09PM
1.52
10:34AM
1.51
11:08PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.22
3:02PM
0.28
3:24AM
0.31
3:54PM
0.34
4:18AM
0.39
4:46PM
0.39
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:58-------6:00-------6:01------
Sunset-----9:25-------9:25-------9:24--
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------211-----11---13
Temp. °C181516181514141414131416242220201818222321181211
Feels °C (?)1614141512111110101012152120171817151714131543
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