Spit Beach

Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Chest-high (1.3 m) at 9 s, heading toward NNE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

1.3 m

NNE

9 s

Wind

36 km/h

ENE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.1 m

Rising

Weather

5 °C

Partly cloudy

11 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

1 m · 8 s

NNE

34 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 6 °C

1 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 8 s

NNE

36 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 7 °C

2 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 8 s

NNE

35 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

3 AM

Fair

1.2 m · 8 s

NNE

36 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNE

37 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 5 °C

5 AM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNE

36 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1 m

Light drizzle · 5 °C

6 AM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNE

36 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 5 °C

7 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

NNE

36 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 5 °C

8 AM

Fair

1.7 m · 9 s

NNE

31 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.6 m

Mostly clear · 6 °C

9 AM

Fair

1.9 m · 9 s

NNE

31 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 7 °C

10 AM

Fair

1.6 m · 10 s

NNE

39 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 8 °C

11 AM

Fair

1.3 m · 11 s

NNE

36 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

12 PM

Fair

1 m · 12 s

NNE

42 km/h · 87 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

1 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 11 s

NNE

43 km/h · 91 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

2 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 11 s

NNE

40 km/h · 91 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 11 °C

3 PM

Fair

1.6 m · 10 s

NNE

36 km/h · 85 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

4 PM

Fair

1.7 m · 9 s

NNE

33 km/h · 76 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 11 °C

5 PM

Fair

1.9 m · 9 s

NNE

28 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

6 PM

Good

2 m · 8 s

NNE

21 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

7 PM

Good

1.9 m · 8 s

NNE

14 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 9 °C

8 PM

Good

1.7 m · 7 s

NNE

9 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 7 °C

9 PM

Good

1.6 m · 7 s

N

4 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.6 m

Mostly clear · 6 °C

10 PM

Good

1.6 m · 7 s

N

4 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Overcast · 6 °C

11 PM

Good

1.6 m · 8 s

N

4 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Overcast · 5 °C

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