Possums Reef surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 NZST
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Possums Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Possums Reef sea temperature is
10.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Possums Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Possums Reef at 9AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

Table - waves today at Possums Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.9
NE
1.3
NE
1.9
NNE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
NE
1.4
NNE
0.8
NE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
NE
0.1
NE
2.3
SW
1.8
S
0.1
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NNE
1.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)11567888776913131212107109103445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)293912031615413384196522819649259381520044213597
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
15
N
20
NW
10
WSW
0
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
1.79
11:59PM
1.70
12:29PM
1.82
12:48AM
1.73
1:15PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
0.22
5:47PM
0.26
6:05AM
0.18
6:37PM
0.23
6:54AM
0.16
7:23PM
0.21
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:27-------6:28-------6:30--
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----2-------------------
Temp. °C131415181213101010911128754326910755
Feels °C (?)9101214101287756500-2-3-2-2254201
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  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Possums Reef (light winds from the N at Port Chalmers wx 13 km from Possums Reef). 1.4m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.6m 10s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
N
Cross-Shore
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