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Friendly Bay Beach

Ōamaru, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 7:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.5 m) at 5 s, heading toward N, with strong cross-offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.5 m

5 s

Wind

23 km/h

ENE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.3 m

Rising

Weather

8 °C

Partly cloudy

11 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 5 s	N	7 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.4 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
1 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 5 s	N	14 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.2 m	Clear · 7 °C
2 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 5 s	N	17 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.9 m	Mostly clear · 7 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 5 s	N	22 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.8 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 5 s	N	30 km/h · 48 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.8 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
5 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 5 s	N	30 km/h · 52 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.9 m	Light drizzle · 8 °C
6 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 5 s	N	24 km/h · 48 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
7 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 5 s	N	23 km/h · 38 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Partly cloudy · 8 °C
8 AM	Poor	0.5 m · 5 s	N	25 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C
9 AM	Poor	0.5 m · 5 s	N	19 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Overcast · 10 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.5 m · 6 s	N	26 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 10 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.5 m · 8 s	NNE	33 km/h · 52 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 11 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 9 s	NNE	30 km/h · 55 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Clear · 11 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 8 s	N	33 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 7 s	N	32 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1 m	Mostly clear · 13 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.7 m · 6 s	N	27 km/h · 53 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.8 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.8 m · 5 s	N	19 km/h · 45 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.7 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.9 m · 5 s	N	12 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.8 m	Clear · 12 °C
6 PM	Good	1 m · 4 s	N	4 km/h · 20 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	0.9 m	Clear · 10 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.9 m · 4 s	N	9 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	NW Onshore	1.1 m	Clear · 9 °C
8 PM	Good	0.9 m · 4 s	N	6 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	1.3 m	Clear · 8 °C
9 PM	Good	0.8 m · 4 s	N	1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.5 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 5 s	N	6 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 6 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 7 s	N	8 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	S Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 6 °C