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Warrington surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Warrington surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Warrington sea temperature is
14.7° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Warrington today?

The current surf forecast for Warrington at 9PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (18 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Warrington. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)998888778121212111111131211111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58047537522719114310471354948461006362173287367354292233229119108
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
ESE
0
N
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
1.71
5:03AM
1.80
5:19PM
1.73
5:44AM
1.78
6:02PM
1.73
6:28AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
0.22
10:50PM
0.13
11:17AM
0.21
11:34PM
0.14
12:00PM
0.21
12:21AM
0.17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:58--------
Sunset---8:45-------8:44-------8:42----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11-2--------
Temp. °C151716151414141417191816151312121415141311101010
Feels °C (?)141716141414141416171615141212999775567
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