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Potato Point surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Potato Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Potato Point sea temperature is
15.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Potato Point today?

The current surf forecast for Potato Point at 3AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (03 Feb)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.8
S
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)88888777777799981313777345
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67694924201110010101010161615182728121310114047
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
1.98
5:05PM
1.86
5:34AM
1.93
5:53PM
1.81
6:20AM
1.84
6:41PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
-0.01
11:02AM
0.09
11:20PM
0.02
11:50AM
0.12
12:09AM
0.08
12:38PM
0.17
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset-------9:07-------9:06-------9:05
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C11111010111313129888131516141111111115181918
Feels °C (?)9877891010766612131412101010913151616
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