Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 09 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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 8PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (09 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141413131312121212111111111010101010101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28237234332063559549240136828222521615715411611210274735049323029
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
0
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
1.55
9:45PM
1.58
10:09AM
1.51
10:37PM
1.56
11:02AM
1.49
11:29PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
0.43
3:32AM
0.48
3:50PM
0.48
4:23AM
0.52
4:42PM
0.51
5:18AM
0.53
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise--------7:24-------7:26-------
Sunset---8:12-------8:09-------8:07----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101111111099811111212111110101214141313131314
Feels °C (?)44456765656656668987891011
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