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Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.56° E

Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach sea temperature is
12.3°C
2.0° 

Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach today (08 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach at 3PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (08 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (08 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun morning, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
S
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
10
0.3
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
149
152
105
102
101
102
127
188
165
147
181
129
119
115
120
103
66
63
45
34
29
48
50
52
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
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
off
High Tide
4:01PM1.71m
4:26AM1.76m
4:46PM1.66m
5:10AM1.72m
5:30PM1.61m
5:55AM1.68m
Low Tide
10:02AM0.20m
10:19PM0.19m
10:46AM0.22m
11:01PM0.21m
11:29AM0.25m
11:42PM0.25m
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6:05
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6:03
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6:03
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6:01
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8:37
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8:38
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8:39
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8:42
 mm
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1
2
1
1
1
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Temp °C
11
12
12
10
10
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
10
10
10
11
10
11
11
12
12
12
Feels °C
8
10
8
8
7
3
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
5
3
5
5
8
8
10
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