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Victory Beach

Otago, New Zealand

Victory Beach 4 photos

  • Victory Beach na poloostrově Otago - panoramio

    Victory Beach na poloostrově Otago - panoramio. Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Lvouni v písku na Victory Beach - panoramio

    Lvouni v písku na Victory Beach - panoramio. Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Okia

    Okia. Rodrigo J De Marco, CC0. Source

  • Cape Saunders Otago Peninsula

    Cape Saunders Otago Peninsula. Ulrich Lange, Dunedin, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 8:14 pm
7 am
3.5
26 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
8 am
3.5
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
9 am
4.0
23 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.7
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
12 pm
5.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
1 pm
5.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
2 pm
5.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
3 pm
5.6
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
4 pm
5.4
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
Now
6.0
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
7 pm
6.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
8 pm
5.9
14 km/h8 mph wind, Good

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
13°C56°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
159 km/hmph N
Gusts
1912 km/hmph
Waves
1.4 m4 ft
UV
3 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
8:14 pm
Today
3.5Poor7 am2616
3.5Poor8 am2515
4.0Fair9 am2314
5.7Good10 am1912
5.7Good11 am2013
5.7Good12 pm2113
5.7Good1 pm2012
5.8Good2 pm1912
5.6Good3 pm1912
5.4Fair4 pm1711
5.8Good5 pm1610
6.0GoodNow159
6.1Good7 pm138
5.9Good8 pm148
Sat
5.8Good7 am53
4.3Fair8 am117
4.4Fair9 am148
4.6Fair10 am1610
5.4Fair11 am1811
5.7Good12 pm1912
6.0Good1 pm1912
6.2Good2 pm1811
6.5Good3 pm148
6.2Good4 pm74
6.0Good5 pm95
6.4Good6 pm117
6.5Good7 pm96
6.4Good8 pm96
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 7 pm, -0.6 m. High at 1 am, 0.8 m. Low at 7 am, -0.6 m. High at 2 pm, 0.9 mLow 7 pm, -0.6 m2 ftHigh 1 am, 0.8 m3 ftLow 7 am, -0.6 m2 ftHigh 2 pm, 0.9 m3 ftNow12 am6 am12 pm6 pm
  • Low 7 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
  • High 1 am, 0.8 m3 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.6 m2 ft
  • High 2 pm, 0.9 m3 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 14%
  • Mon3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 71%
  • Tue3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 53 km/h33 mph, rain 43%
  • Wed4.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 18%
  • Thu3.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 76%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Victory Beach

Victory Beach is a sandy beach located in Otago, New Zealand. It is 3.465 kilometers long and is 43 kilometers from Dunedin Airport. Ryans Beach is nearby, about 2.582 kilometers away.

From Wikipedia

Victory Beach is located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Otago Peninsula, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is 24 kilometres (15 mi) by road from Dunedin city centre and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the nearby town of Portobello. The longest beach on the peninsula, Victory Beach is located northeast of the entrance to Papanui Inlet and stretches for 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi). The beach's name derives from the wreck of the SS Victory on the beach in 1861.

Source: Victory Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
3.6 km2.3 miOtakou (village)
Nearest airport
43 km27 miDunedin Airport (DUD)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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