Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surf break

Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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 9AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131314151514131414141413131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14411885838496223773915863902969826779624536491395309278222114207137
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
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)
6:19AM
1.69
6:42PM
1.71
7:04AM
1.62
7:28PM
1.66
7:51AM
1.56
8:16PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.29
12:51AM
0.32
1:06PM
0.34
1:32AM
0.37
1:46PM
0.39
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------8:00-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:20-------7:17--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----12-------------1----
Temp. °C1611111110910910101011111111111111111212121313
Feels °C (?)1256788878756556567799888
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