Surat Bay Beach

Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 10:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Chest-high (1.2 m) at 14 s, heading toward NNE, with strong cross-shore wind toward ENE.

Swell

1.2 m

NNE

14 s

Wind

42 km/h

ENE

Cross-shore

Tide

1.8 m

Falling

Weather

8 °C

Light drizzle

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

2.3 m · 10 s

NE

39 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 5 °C

1 AM

Fair

2.3 m · 9 s

NE

36 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 5 °C

2 AM

Fair

2.2 m · 9 s

NE

38 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

3 AM

Fair

2.2 m · 10 s

NE

38 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.8 m · 11 s

NE

35 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

5 AM

Good

1.5 m · 12 s

NNE

35 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

6 AM

Good

1.1 m · 13 s

NNE

37 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

7 AM

Good

1.1 m · 14 s

NNE

39 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

8 AM

Good

1.1 m · 14 s

NNE

41 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 7 °C

9 AM

Good

1.2 m · 14 s

NNE

42 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 7 °C

10 AM

Good

1.2 m · 14 s

NNE

42 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 8 °C

11 AM

Good

1.3 m · 13 s

NNE

43 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 8 °C

12 PM

Good

1.4 m · 13 s

NNE

46 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

1 PM

Good

2 m · 12 s

NNE

42 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

2 PM

Fair

2.7 m · 11 s

NNE

39 km/h · 76 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 10 °C

3 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 10 s

NNE

34 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

4 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 10 s

NNE

34 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Overcast · 10 °C

5 PM

Fair

3.2 m · 9 s

NNE

27 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

6 PM

Fair

3.2 m · 9 s

NNE

20 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 9 °C

7 PM

Fair

2.9 m · 9 s

NNE

18 km/h · 35 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 8 °C

8 PM

Fair

2.6 m · 8 s

NE

18 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 8 °C

9 PM

Fair

2.3 m · 8 s

NE

12 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Overcast · 7 °C

10 PM

Good

2.4 m · 9 s

NE

6 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 6 °C

11 PM

Good

2.6 m · 9 s

NNE

8 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 6 °C

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