Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
14.6° 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 10AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111414141312121211111111101410141314151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)690573553475125712231106799629522355273202158121857435363538121527711
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SE
5
SE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
S
10
SSE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.80
5:13PM
1.80
5:35AM
1.75
5:57PM
1.76
6:19AM
1.69
6:42PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
0.21
11:29PM
0.22
11:47AM
0.24
12:10AM
0.27
12:27PM
0.29
12:51AM
0.32
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:54-------7:56-------7:58-----
Sunset-----7:25-------7:23-------7:22--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161617192120201917161517171817161611111111111111
Feels °C (?)14141517181717171515141615171513147767799
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