Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach sea temperature is
15.1° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach at 4PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111110101010151515161615151515151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136118149300348284282272262204200192169225402534520494481402413419435419
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNE
10
NW
20
S
15
SSW
5
SSE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
S
5
SSW
10
NE
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
1.79
6:50AM
1.76
7:14PM
1.73
7:38AM
1.68
8:03PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.20
12:36AM
0.21
12:57PM
0.25
1:18AM
0.28
1:38PM
0.31
2:01AM
0.35
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:20-------
Sunset---8:20-------8:17-------8:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151617171617161617232619161414141517171514131313
Feels °C (?)141414141315131315202417151412121315161513131213
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