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Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
12.7° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 4PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
1.9
SSW
0.6
NE
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)10141010141510101410109999999991291212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32031827227735238222922535716413112586868499839795791022621039984
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
WSW
10
SW
5
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
SSE
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		offoffonononcross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
1.63
4:41AM
1.71
4:58PM
1.58
5:22AM
1.68
5:38PM
1.54
6:02AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
0.30
10:50PM
0.28
11:19AM
0.32
11:31PM
0.28
12:00PM
0.34
12:13AM
0.30
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48
Sunset---8:54-------8:55-------8:58----
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11--------------12---
Temp. °C121110910101010101111111111111011111111101098
Feels °C (?)875688888656898796784422
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