Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach at 11AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

Table - waves today at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
2
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.1
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)9121212126666111111111017161616161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37174957940529425721689515982799284119149226318377409393377372362
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
N
30
NNE
40
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
30
NNE
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
S
10
ESE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
15
NNE
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.76
8:20PM
1.81
8:45AM
1.69
9:23PM
1.79
9:52AM
1.67
10:28PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.30
2:40PM
0.28
3:11AM
0.34
3:39PM
0.27
4:16AM
0.35
4:43PM
0.26
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise--7:01-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset-----8:37-------8:35-------8:32--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------12---------------
Temp. °C101011121213151413131313121212121211121213141514
Feels °C (?)775434108799999766444681311
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