Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.11° S 175.89° E

Opoutere Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Opoutere Beach sea temperature is
16.9°C
1.0° 

Opoutere Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Opoutere Beach today (27 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Opoutere Beach at 11PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)--
Afternoon (27 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

Table - waves today at Opoutere Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NNW
6
1.2
N
7
1
N
7
1
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
7
0.7
NNW
7
0.5
N
7
0.8
NNW
6
0.8
NNW
6
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
1
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
227
134
103
113
97
76
55
54
36
49
22
45
42
3
3
73
82
80
88
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
NW
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:24PM1.95m
8:55AM2.02m
9:17PM1.98m
9:44AM2.05m
Low Tide
2:37PM0.47m
3:03AM0.35m
3:29PM0.44m
3:51AM0.33m
4:20PM0.42m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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6:15
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7:44
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7:45
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2
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Temp °C
17
15
12
10
10
10
15
18
19
16
14
13
12
13
16
19
19
16
14
Feels °C
16
12
8
5
6
6
12
15
13
11
10
9
8
9
11
13
14
11
10
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