Papanui Beach

Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 7:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Overhead (2.3 m) at 10 s, heading toward NNE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward E.

Swell

2.3 m

NNE

10 s

Wind

39 km/h

E

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.4 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

1.5 m · 9 s

NNE

35 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 7 °C

1 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

NNE

38 km/h · 74 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 7 °C

2 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

NNE

40 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

3 AM

Fair

1.6 m · 9 s

NNE

41 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 6 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.7 m · 10 s

NNE

37 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 5 °C

5 AM

Fair

1.9 m · 10 s

NNE

38 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 5 °C

6 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 10 s

NNE

40 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 6 °C

7 AM

Fair

2.3 m · 10 s

NNE

39 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 5 °C

8 AM

Fair

2.6 m · 10 s

NNE

36 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.6 m

Mostly clear · 6 °C

9 AM

Fair

2.8 m · 10 s

NNE

36 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Partly cloudy · 7 °C

10 AM

Fair

2.5 m · 11 s

NNE

42 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 8 °C

11 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 12 s

NNE

44 km/h · 87 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

12 PM

Good

1.8 m · 12 s

NNE

46 km/h · 89 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

1 PM

Good

2 m · 12 s

NNE

46 km/h · 90 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

2 PM

Fair

2.2 m · 11 s

NNE

44 km/h · 90 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

3 PM

Fair

2.4 m · 11 s

NNE

39 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

4 PM

Fair

2.5 m · 10 s

NNE

35 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 10 °C

5 PM

Fair

2.6 m · 9 s

NNE

32 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

6 PM

Good

2.8 m · 9 s

NNE

23 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

7 PM

Good

2.6 m · 8 s

NNE

17 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

8 PM

Good

2.3 m · 8 s

NNE

13 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 8 °C

9 PM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NNE

7 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.6 m

Partly cloudy · 7 °C

10 PM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NNE

4 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 6 °C

11 PM

Good

2.1 m · 8 s

NNE

3 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.6 m

Partly cloudy · 6 °C

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