Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Surf Forecast

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Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 17 Aug 2025 NZST

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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 10.7° 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 5AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Evening (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s

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

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		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	364	350	368	356	363	322	301	602	194	149	614	956	1020	901	819	678	1649	981	412	1062	1110	450	501	529
Wind (km/h)	SSW	W	SE	ENE	NE	SSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:21PM 1.73				9:55AM 1.86				10:27PM 1.74				10:58AM 1.87				11:29PM 1.78				11:57AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10AM 0.27				4:52PM 0.31				5:15AM 0.24				5:57PM 0.25					6:18AM 0.19

		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu (calm at Port Chalmers wx 10 km from Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu). 1.2m 15s groundswell from the S with a 0.6m 7s swell from the ENE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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