Murdering Bay surf break

Murdering Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 NZST
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Murdering Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Murdering Bay sea temperature is
10.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Murdering Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Murdering Bay at 10AM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 02). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 21s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)2ft (0.6m)3s
Afternoon (02 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (02 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Murdering Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.6
W
0.2
NNE
0.1
NE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.1
E
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)1093510101099101014455555555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)72864222200417634021141411233399121218
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
40
W
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
15
NW
15
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
1.56
10:31PM
1.51
10:48AM
1.62
11:18PM
1.60
11:35AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
0.41
4:38PM
0.42
4:52AM
0.38
5:31PM
0.35
5:44AM
0.33
6:19PM
0.28
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:01-----
Sunset-----6:08-------6:09-------6:10--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---3--------------------
Temp. °C76879988768910998811121416151314
Feels °C (?)22-1-2-10122244425433681111109
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Murdering Bay (moderate winds from the W at Port Chalmers wx 9 km from Murdering Bay). 0.2m 4s local chop from the NNE to make surfable waves.

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1 h 14 min ago

23 km/h
W
Cross-Off
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