Karitane Point Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.64° S 170.68° E)

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Karitane Point surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 08 Aug 2025 NZST

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Karitane Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Karitane Point sea temperature is 10.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Karitane Point today?

The current surf forecast for Karitane Point at 7PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 17s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (08 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

Table - waves today at Karitane Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 08			Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	132	129	127	78	100	105	106	81	81	77	64	63	42	41	0	44	45	45	45	46	41	23	28	28
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	SW	SSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					2:36AM 1.66					3:02PM 1.80				3:16AM 1.70				3:43PM 1.83				3:58AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 0.30				8:43AM 0.18					9:13PM 0.25				9:26AM 0.13				9:56PM 0.21				10:12AM 0.11

	Friday 08			Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	9
Feels °C (?)	2	2	1	0	-1	-2	-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Karitane Point (fresh winds from the WSW at DunedinAeroAws 49 km from Karitane Point). 0.8m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 51 minutes ago Karitane Point

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49 km away, 2 h 51 min ago

31 km/h

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10.1

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