Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.56° E

Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach sea temperature is
11.8°C
1.7° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach at 8AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue night, calm by Thu morning).

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.7
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
S
8
0.4
S
8
0.6
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
346
341
308
295
229
225
119
157
141
96
92
60
57
38
35
34
22
21
27
29
39
14
15
14
14
17
17
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSE
10
E
5
E
5
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
SW
5
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
00:22AM1.71m
12:50PM1.78m
1:15AM1.75m
1:41PM1.78m
2:06AM1.78m
2:30PM1.77m
2:54AM1.79m
Low Tide
6:26AM0.22m
7:02PM0.23m
7:28AM0.21m
7:58PM0.20m
8:24AM0.19m
8:48PM0.18m
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Temp °C
9
9
10
11
13
13
13
11
11
11
13
15
15
14
13
12
11
11
11
13
14
15
15
13
12
13
12
Feels °C
3
3
5
7
8
9
10
8
8
9
13
15
14
14
12
10
10
10
11
12
13
13
14
12
9
11
10
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