Lighthouse (Spot C) Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.38° S 170.87° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Lighthouse (Spot C) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 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 10.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	2	3	3	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	S	S	NE	S	S	S	NE	NE	NE	NE	S	S	S	S	SSE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	9	5	6	6	13	13	13	10	12	6	7	9	9	9	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	34	30	24	0	0	0	0	29	316	569	820	755	674	674	588	362
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	WNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	NW	NW	NNW	N	NE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NNE	SW	W	WNW	NNE	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 1.72				1:18PM 1.81				1:36AM 1.73				2:01PM 1.80				2:18AM 1.74				2:41PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			6:58AM 0.15				7:27PM 0.20				7:43AM 0.14				8:09PM 0.19				8:25AM 0.15				8:49PM 0.20

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	7	8	9	7	7	6	6	5	8	11	12	12	11	10	8	9	10	13	15	11	10	10
Feels °C (?)	-2	-1	2	3	2	0	1	1	2	1	5	7	7	7	6	5	1	3	6	9	10	7	7	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Cross-off wind 48 km from Lighthouse (Spot C) has become light (light winds from the W at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Lighthouse (Spot C). No surfable waves
57 minutes ago Lighthouse (Spot C)

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48 km away, 57 min ago

7 km/h

0.0

10.5

Air / Water (°C)

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