Opoutere Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.11° S 175.89° E

Opoutere Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Opoutere Beach sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.1° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Opoutere Beach at 1AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (04 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
1.1
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
7
0.6
N
7
0.4
NNW
6
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
74
55
64
79
65
33
13
11
11
10
10
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
11:21PM1.84m
11:46AM1.84m
00:12AM1.84m
12:45PM1.82m
Low Tide
5:30PM0.42m
5:57AM0.34m
6:23PM0.47m
6:49AM0.39m
7:22PM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:57
5:58
 mm
3
Temp °C
18
15
13
13
13
13
14
17
15
15
13
11
10
9
12
16
17
13
10
Feels °C
14
12
10
10
10
10
10
12
11
12
10
8
6
5
9
13
13
9
7
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