Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.56° E

Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach at 1PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am 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)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
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
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
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
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.6
S
11
0.7
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
0.4
S
8
0.6
E
6
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
S
15
0.2
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
341
308
295
229
225
85
121
141
96
92
60
57
38
35
34
22
22
21
24
14
14
14
14
14
17
12
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
W
5
SSW
10
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
N
10
W
20
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
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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8:32
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Temp °C
9
10
11
13
15
13
12
12
13
13
14
14
13
14
13
12
12
12
13
15
20
18
14
13
13
13
Feels °C
3
5
7
8
10
11
9
11
12
13
13
13
13
14
12
11
11
11
12
13
17
16
11
12
12
12
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