Possums Reef surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 11 Jul 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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 5AM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 3.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 7.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jul)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (12 Jul)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
ENE
4
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
4.5
ENE
3
E
3
E
4
ENE
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
2.1
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)101111121212111111111111111111111111111010101010101010111110101011111111111111111111111010101010111111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)31414030903799088929274426046172203218621931176414651492135112651413114812711102989802710779580631648717169256246740838133233228127528133834540346645137730825525526529731431426320216417213712311511080
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
35
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
W
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
20
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
1.63
4:13PM
1.76
4:27AM
1.63
4:55PM
1.76
5:10AM
1.63
5:38PM
1.74
5:55AM
1.63
6:24PM
1.71
6:45AM
1.62
7:14PM
1.68
7:39AM
1.62
8:09PM
1.65
8:39AM
1.64
9:09PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.33
9:56AM
0.24
10:29PM
0.31
10:41AM
0.22
11:14PM
0.29
11:27AM
0.21
12:00AM
0.28
12:15PM
0.21
12:48AM
0.28
1:08PM
0.23
1:40AM
0.27
2:03PM
0.25
2:34AM
0.27
3:02PM
0.27
3:31AM
0.25
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunrise----8:15-------8:14-------8:14-------8:12-------8:11-------8:11-------8:11-------
Sunset------5:10-------5:10-------5:12-------5:13-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-----
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Rain (mm)
21----------------------------3-----------------------------
Temp. °C1211111091111101099881010888666101198877798765555810765555887777669976656
Feels °C (?)557767778776677566333886553344333222257431222444444337753312
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