Karitane Point surf break

Karitane Point surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 11 Oct 2025 NZDT
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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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (11 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.6
ENE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)995655556555777455559999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1185352443262282988605047798644434136251822323221
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NW
5
SW
5
S
10
ENE
20
N
20
NW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
10
S
15
SSW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncrossoffcross-
off
ononglasscross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.90
7:18PM
1.74
7:55AM
1.85
8:24PM
1.68
9:04AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.10
1:18PM
0.18
1:40AM
0.16
2:23PM
0.24
2:46AM
0.20
3:30PM
0.28
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:52-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset-------7:57-------7:58-------7:59
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------11----11354
Temp. °C1110121317212117161515131413151511109910977
Feels °C (?)77891315151111911111210111088769736
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11 km/h
NNE
0.0
10.8
Air / Water (°C)
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