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Warrington surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 Jan 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
15.3° C
 (Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Warrington today?

The current surf forecast for Warrington at 5PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)567788888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42447410216022327326420621717618115315312812810584737154525252
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
1.56
3:02AM
1.69
3:16PM
1.59
3:41AM
1.72
3:54PM
1.62
4:19AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.44
8:35PM
0.36
9:07AM
0.40
9:17PM
0.31
9:48AM
0.36
9:58PM
0.27
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:11
Sunset---9:24-------9:23-------9:23----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
22211----1--------------
Temp. °C1111121111109912121313109881214141310999
Feels °C (?)991088867999108766101112108778
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