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Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 Jan 2026 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
13.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu at 9AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
0.6
S
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1212131313109999913141413131212121010956
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50552247347039518417313212697952723883663403342522321741001896186167
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
SW
5
SW
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononglasscross-
on		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
1.82
1:42AM
1.97
2:09PM
1.89
2:38AM
2.01
3:02PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.20
8:03PM
0.13
8:39AM
0.12
9:00PM
0.06
9:32AM
0.07
9:54PM
0.01
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset-----9:12-------9:10-------9:09--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10912121212121211111212131414131313141415151515
Feels °C (?)76108710111199119101212111111121111101012
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