Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.6°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 6PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.7
SSE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010109141414149666777898888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176152949794103156416810362828255711098371187311135595039
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise7:11-------7:13-------7:15-------
Sunset--5:59-------5:57-------5:55-----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1113131211109910141515141312121215161413121111
Feels °C (?)333445555891212119101012121211878
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