Otago Harbour Entrance Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Otago Harbour Entrance Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 05:43 AM and sunset is at 09:27 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Wed night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Mon night, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Fri night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:49PM1.65m
6:10AM1.77m
6:32PM1.67m
6:52AM1.77m
7:19PM1.70m
7:39AM1.78m
8:11PM1.74m
8:32AM1.79m
9:06PM1.78m
9:29AM1.80m
10:03PM1.83m
10:27AM1.83m
11:00PM1.88m
11:25AM1.85m
11:56PM1.94m
12:23PM1.86m
00:53AM2.00m
1:23PM1.85m
1:52AM2.02m
2:21PM1.89m
2:50AM2.05m
3:17PM1.93m
3:47AM2.07m
Low Tide
12:17PM0.33m
00:34AM0.29m
1:01PM0.35m
1:20AM0.31m
1:47PM0.37m
2:08AM0.32m
2:36PM0.38m
2:57AM0.33m
3:29PM0.37m
3:48AM0.34m
4:24PM0.34m
4:44AM0.33m
5:18PM0.29m
5:45AM0.31m
6:14PM0.23m
6:48AM0.26m
7:12PM0.18m
7:50AM0.19m
8:12PM0.14m
8:50AM0.12m
9:11PM0.08m
9:46AM0.07m
10:08PM0.03m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
1.6
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.3
SE
10
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.2
SSE
18
1.1
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
0.9
S
15
0.8
S
14
0.7
S
14
0.7
S
14
0.6
S
13
0.6
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.6
E
9
0.7
S
12
0.7
ENE
5
0.7
E
6
0.9
SE
10
1
SE
10
1
SE
10
1.1
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.5
E
6
1.6
E
7
3.5
E
11
3
ESE
11
2.5
ESE
10
1.8
ESE
9
1.4
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.2
E
5
1.2
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
some clouds
light rain
rain shwrs
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
risk tstorm
rain shwrs
cloudy
heavy rain
rain shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
some clouds
 km/h
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
N
25
SW
10
SSE
30
NNE
10
ESE
20
ENE
10
ESE
10
WNW
15
SSE
15
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
10
NE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
ESE
20
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
10
WSW
20
NNE
30
NNE
25
ENE
20
ESE
20
S
15
SW
 mm 
1
3
1
1
2
3
1
11
3
1
1
9
9
10
2
2
9
4
2
max°C
14
14
13
16
14
13
12
13
12
13
12
10
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
10
11
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
12
12
Moonrise
8:06
9:18
10:29
11:41
12:53
2:07
3:25
4:46
6:11
7:35
8:49
9:48
Moonset
11:49
12:11
12:31
12:48
1:06
1:24
1:45
2:12
2:47
3:36
4:40
Sunrise
5:43
5:43
5:43
5:45
5:46
5:46
5:47
5:48
5:48
5:50
5:50
5:52
Sunset
9:27
9:27
9:28
9:28
9:28
9:29
9:29
9:29
9:29
9:29
9:29
9:29
Today's sea temperature in Otago Harbour Entrance is
14.2° C
(Statistics for 23 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.8 max: 14.3 min: 10.0°C)
Issued (local time): 12 pm Tuesday 23 Dec 2025
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