Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surf break

Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay at 4PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313141414141413131313131312121212121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15615615817320818017516311811611413813613275993737232325171717
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
NE
30
NNE
30
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
1.47
9:51PM
1.56
10:16AM
1.48
10:41PM
1.58
11:04AM
1.52
11:29PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
0.49
3:38AM
0.52
3:55PM
0.49
4:32AM
0.51
4:50PM
0.47
5:26AM
0.47
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------
Sunset---6:12-------6:09-------6:07----
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11--------------------
Temp. °C141515151311111011121211121111111113141313131314
Feels °C (?)1214121410776810756565578888811
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