Smiths Beach

Name: Smiths Beach Surf Spot
Address: Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

The conditions at the spot at 8:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.4 m) at 9 s going to NW, moderate cross-offshore wind going to SSE

Swell

0.4 m

9 s

Wind

8 km/h

SSE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.2 m

Falling

Weather

13 °C

Overcast

11 °C water

10-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	1 m · 7 s	N	12 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.4 m	Overcast · 10 °C
1 AM	Good	1 m · 7 s	N	9 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.8 m	Drizzle · 11 °C
2 AM	Good	0.9 m · 7 s	N	4 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 9 °C
3 AM	Good	0.9 m · 7 s	N	5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 9 °C
4 AM	Good	0.8 m · 7 s	N	5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 7 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 7 s	N	6 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Clear · 7 °C
6 AM	Fair	0.7 m · 7 s	N	6 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Clear · 6 °C
7 AM	Fair	0.7 m · 7 s	N	7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.4 m	Clear · 7 °C
8 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1 m	Clear · 8 °C
9 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	9 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 12 °C
10 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	12 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.4 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
11 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	N	14 km/h · 29 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.3 m	Clear · 16 °C
12 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	N	9 km/h · 29 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	0.4 m	Clear · 19 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	N	12 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 20 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	N	10 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1 m	Clear · 19 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	N	11 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.4 m	Mostly clear · 19 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	N	7 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.6 m	Clear · 19 °C
5 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 7 s	N	4 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Partly cloudy · 18 °C
6 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 7 s	N	4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 16 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 8 s	NNW	5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 14 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 9 s	NW	8 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 13 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.3 m · 9 s	NW	10 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 13 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.3 m · 9 s	NW	10 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.6 m	Overcast · 13 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.3 m · 9 s	NW	6 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	0.5 m	Overcast · 13 °C