Opoutere Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.11° S 175.89° E

Opoutere Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Opoutere Beach sea temperature is
15.7° C
0.3° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Opoutere Beach at 1AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SE by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.6
SSE
6
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.2
ESE
10
1.2
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
158
156
190
175
158
130
125
125
122
264
264
289
411
250
127
127
200
160
115
113
85
90
118
90
Wind (km/h)
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
1:24PM1.80m
1:44AM1.88m
2:21PM1.85m
2:43AM1.90m
3:24PM1.90m
3:48AM1.93m
Low Tide
7:57PM0.62m
8:30AM0.48m
8:59PM0.63m
9:29AM0.50m
10:03PM0.62m
10:33AM0.49m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:28
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5:13
5:14
5:15
5:15
 mm
Temp °C
13
12
12
12
11
9
9
12
12
10
9
8
7
7
8
11
12
10
10
10
9
9
9
11
Feels °C
6
4
5
5
4
3
2
6
7
6
5
4
3
3
4
7
8
6
6
6
6
6
6
8
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