Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surf break

Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
14.4° C
(Which is 3.4°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: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 02). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111110101010999991699999888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121117115135104100767168403938515254545349463826251423
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
N
5
N
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
5
W
0
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
1.83
2:09PM
1.80
2:36AM
1.90
3:00PM
1.83
3:28AM
1.96
3:52PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.18
8:18PM
0.13
8:53AM
0.12
9:14PM
0.07
9:50AM
0.08
10:08PM
0.03
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----9:09-------9:10-------9:12--
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
21-1--------------------
Temp. °C99101011111111111112121212111099111213131312
Feels °C (?)77877788991077777671091010109
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