Opoutere Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.11° S 175.89° E

Opoutere Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Opoutere Beach sea temperature is
15.5° C
0.2° 

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 (11 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Opoutere Beach at 10PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)--
Afternoon (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (11 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
ESE
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.9
NNW
5
1
N
5
1.1
N
6
1.1
N
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
196
157
154
113
110
85
90
90
61
60
41
41
40
38
32
30
30
29
17
20
35
55
74
74
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
NE
5
N
0
NW
0
W
0
SSE
0
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:24PM1.90m
3:48AM1.93m
4:34PM1.97m
4:53AM1.98m
5:42PM2.07m
5:55AM2.03m
Low Tide
10:03PM0.62m
10:33AM0.49m
11:07PM0.60m
11:36AM0.44m
00:10AM0.56m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:15
 mm
2
Temp °C
11
9
9
9
9
8
10
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
13
14
12
13
13
12
12
13
15
Feels °C
8
6
6
6
6
5
7
9
9
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
12
9
10
10
8
9
10
13
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