Murdering Bay Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.76° S 170.69° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Murdering Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDT

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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 11.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 9AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	3s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	4s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

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

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	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07								Sat 08
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 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	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	12	2	4	24	55	71	45	65	41	44	34	33	28	18	19	23	33	55	67	71	90	68	65	36
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	SSW	W	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:22AM 2.10				2:50PM 2.03				3:15AM 2.13				3:42PM 2.00					4:09AM 2.13				4:36PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			9:16AM 0.07				9:37PM 0.07					10:11AM 0.04				10:30PM 0.05				11:06AM 0.05				11:25PM 0.06

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07								Sat 08
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	15	16	14	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	5	6	7	6	5	5	8	9	12	12	13	13	11	8	10	10	9	9	11	8	8	12	13	12

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