Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surf break

Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 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 1.9°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 4AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1
SSW
0.6
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313131313131213141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)372367352337318225178175136317134312330325330407494487480384368421512546
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
20
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
S
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SSE
10
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
1.78
12:23PM
1.68
12:56AM
1.82
1:21PM
1.73
1:53AM
1.86
2:16PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
0.35
6:21PM
0.29
7:07AM
0.33
7:29PM
0.25
8:12AM
0.28
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------8:31-------8:30-------8:28
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---5521-----------------
Temp. °C20141413111011111111111011111212111110911121314
Feels °C (?)191113104466788677101089869101011
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