Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Surf Forecast

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Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu sea temperature is 11.4° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu today?

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu at 9AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	15s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Evening (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

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	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	7	7	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	174	172	113	110	106	106	107	112	107	69	63	159	69	51	51	59	89	186	245	314	406	773	1185	1005
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	WSW	W	SW	WSW	SW	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	W	NW	N	NNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 1.88				1:53PM 1.91				2:14AM 1.88				2:36PM 1.88				2:56AM 1.86				3:18PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			8:17AM 0.24				8:39PM 0.20				9:01AM 0.25				9:18PM 0.23				9:43AM 0.26				9:57PM 0.26

	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	13	15	12	11	10	10	9	11	14	12	12	10	9	10
Feels °C (?)	3	4	4	4	5	7	6	3	2	2	6	9	4	8	7	6	6	5	11	6	2	0	0	2

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Cross-off wind 45 km from Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu has become light (light winds from the SW at DunedinAeroAws). Waves should be turning clean at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu. 1.2m 5s windswell from the NE with a 0.8m 9s swell from the S and a 0.6m 14s groundswell, also from the S as well as a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the ESE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 2 minutes ago Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu
Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the SW at DunedinAeroAws 24 km from Dunedin - St Clair). 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 9s swell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 2 minutes ago Dunedin - St Clair

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