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Waipāti Beach

Otago, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Overhead (2.3 m) at 9 s, heading toward NE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward E.

Swell

2.3 m

9 s

Wind

22 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.2 m

Rising

Weather

9 °C

Drizzle

11 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Fair	2.2 m · 9 s	NE	29 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.8 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C
1 AM	Fair	2.1 m · 9 s	NE	30 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 10 °C
2 AM	Fair	2 m · 9 s	NE	31 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 10 °C
3 AM	Fair	1.9 m · 9 s	NE	30 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 10 °C
4 AM	Fair	1.9 m · 9 s	NE	32 km/h · 64 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.4 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
5 AM	Fair	1.8 m · 9 s	NE	31 km/h · 64 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.6 m	Light drizzle · 9 °C
6 AM	Fair	1.8 m · 10 s	NE	34 km/h · 67 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.8 m	Light drizzle · 9 °C
7 AM	Fair	1.9 m · 10 s	NE	34 km/h · 70 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.9 m	Light drizzle · 9 °C
8 AM	Fair	2 m · 10 s	NE	35 km/h · 71 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.8 m	Drizzle · 9 °C
9 AM	Fair	2.1 m · 10 s	NE	34 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.7 m	Heavy drizzle · 9 °C
10 AM	Fair	2.2 m · 9 s	NE	31 km/h · 68 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.4 m	Heavy drizzle · 9 °C
11 AM	Fair	2.2 m · 9 s	NE	28 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.1 m	Heavy drizzle · 9 °C
12 PM	Fair	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	29 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.9 m	Heavy drizzle · 9 °C
1 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	25 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.8 m	Thunderstorm · 9 °C
2 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	24 km/h · 54 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.8 m	Drizzle · 9 °C
3 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	22 km/h · 54 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1 m	Drizzle · 9 °C
4 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	22 km/h · 44 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.2 m	Drizzle · 9 °C
5 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	20 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.4 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
6 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	19 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.6 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
7 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	19 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
8 PM	Good	2.3 m · 9 s	NE	19 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.8 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
9 PM	Good	2.2 m · 9 s	NE	17 km/h · 36 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 10 °C
10 PM	Good	2.2 m · 9 s	NE	21 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 10 °C
11 PM	Good	2.2 m · 9 s	NE	21 km/h · 42 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 10 °C