Hampden Beach

Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward N, with strong offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.6 m

N

6 s

Wind

35 km/h

ENE

Offshore

Tide

1.1 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

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 5 s

N

26 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 8 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 4 s

N

23 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 8 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 4 s

N

29 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

N

37 km/h · 62 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

N

38 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

N

32 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 7 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

N

35 km/h · 62 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

N

36 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

N

36 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.5 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

N

36 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

N

40 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Partly cloudy · 9 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

N

44 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.7 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 7 s

NNW

40 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Partly cloudy · 11 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 7 s

NNW

45 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 7 s

NNW

43 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 6 s

NNW

39 km/h · 74 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

N

32 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

5 PM

Poor

1 m · 6 s

N

27 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

6 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

N

18 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 11 °C

7 PM

Fair

1 m · 6 s

N

9 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

8 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

N

8 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Clear · 8 °C

9 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

N

6 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Mostly clear · 8 °C

10 PM

Good

0.9 m · 5 s

N

2 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 8 °C

11 PM

Fair

0.9 m · 5 s

N

6 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Overcast · 8 °C

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