Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surf break

Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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
14.9° C
(Which is 3.1°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 12AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131415151413141414141313131312121212121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8496279773915863902969826690624536421402309278222215110142152164253180
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.71
7:04AM
1.62
7:28PM
1.66
7:51AM
1.56
8:16PM
1.61
8:40AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
0.32
1:06PM
0.34
1:32AM
0.37
1:46PM
0.39
2:14AM
0.43
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:58-------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset-7:22-------7:20-------7:17------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2111--------------------
Temp. °C101010101010101111111110111112121313131313131414
Feels °C (?)8988876655546799109988899
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