Potato Point Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.74° S 170.63° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Potato Point surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 03 Nov 2025 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 11.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	4s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	4s
Evening (03 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s

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

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	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	S	ENE	SE	ENE	SE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	13	6	12	9	14	4	5	5	5	5	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1	4	21	43	23	11	13	11	7	7	20	11	0	4	6	7	8	23	53	58	48	72	83	49
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	WSW	NW	W	NW	WNW	SSW	S	SSE	E	NNE	NNE	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 1.79				2:04AM 1.84				2:29PM 1.85				2:54AM 1.94				3:19PM 1.88				3:47AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	7:24AM 0.13				7:49PM 0.11				8:15AM 0.06				8:38PM 0.04				9:07AM 0.03				9:29PM 0.00

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	20	19	16	13	14	14	19	16	12	10	9	9	9	10	14	16	15	14	12	13	15	14
Feels °C (?)	13	15	17	17	15	11	11	10	15	14	9	8	8	7	7	8	12	13	12	11	10	10	12	12

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