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 05:41 AM and sunset is at 09:15 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon night, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat night, fresh winds from the NE by Mon morning).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Sunday
7
Monday
8
Tuesday
9
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
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PM
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PM
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PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
5:21PM1.92m
5:51AM2.04m
6:18PM1.90m
6:47AM1.99m
7:16PM1.88m
7:44AM1.95m
8:15PM1.86m
8:41AM1.91m
9:13PM1.85m
9:37AM1.87m
10:09PM1.84m
10:30AM1.84m
11:01PM1.83m
11:22AM1.81m
11:50PM1.82m
12:12PM1.78m
00:37AM1.80m
1:01PM1.75m
1:23AM1.79m
1:48PM1.72m
2:09AM1.77m
2:33PM1.69m
2:54AM1.76m
Low Tide
11:49AM0.08m
00:13AM0.05m
12:46PM0.12m
1:11AM0.06m
1:42PM0.17m
2:07AM0.10m
2:38PM0.21m
3:01AM0.17m
3:33PM0.25m
3:52AM0.25m
4:26PM0.27m
4:44AM0.33m
5:16PM0.30m
5:35AM0.39m
6:04PM0.32m
6:27AM0.41m
6:51PM0.33m
7:18AM0.40m
7:35PM0.33m
8:05AM0.37m
8:19PM0.32m
8:49AM0.34m
9:01PM0.30m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
1
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.9
NE
6
1.2
E
8
1
E
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.7
SE
13
0.9
SE
12
0.8
SE
11
0.7
ESE
14
0.8
ESE
14
0.8
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
13
0.9
ESE
12
1
E
11
1.6
SSW
5
2.2
S
7
1.9
S
7
1.7
SSE
7
1.7
SSE
7
1.6
SE
9
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.4
SE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.1
SE
10
1.7
NE
5
1.2
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
1
E
9
0.9
ESE
8
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cloud
rain showers
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
some clouds
cloudy
rain shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
mod rain
light rain
cloudy
heavy rain
rain shwrs
clear
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
some clouds
cloudy
risk tstorm
some clouds
 km/h
25
NNW
40
NW
10
WNW
25
SW
15
ENE
30
NNE
15
NE
30
NE
20
SW
10
ESE
15
S
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
S
40
SW
45
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
10
WSW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
10
NW
25
SSW
15
ESE
15
N
15
N
40
NNE
30
NW
20
N
15
SE
10
SW
 mm 
8
6
1
28
1
1
1
3
1
2
max°C
24
23
20
14
12
12
13
14
15
13
13
11
11
12
12
10
10
10
11
12
10
10
12
12
13
13
15
12
11
12
14
16
14
17
15
12
Moonrise
12:03
12:39
1:06
1:27
1:45
2:01
2:16
2:33
2:51
3:14
3:41
Moonset
7:08
8:29
9:51
11:09
12:22
1:31
2:38
3:44
4:49
5:56
7:03
8:08
Sunrise
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
5:41
Sunset
9:15
9:15
9:16
9:17
9:17
9:19
9:20
9:21
9:22
9:22
9:22
9:23
Today's sea temperature in Otago Harbour Entrance is
14.3° C
(Statistics for 07 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.2 max: 13.3 min: 9.4°C)
Issued (local time): 12 pm Sunday 07 Dec 2025
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