Surf Forecast Surf Report

Potato Point surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 02 May 2025 NZST
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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
13.5° C
(Which is 2.6°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: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 02). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (02 May)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (02 May)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
0
0
0
0
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.7
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
1.3
NNE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
1
NNE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)101012121111111111101010101010101010101099910101091098939955566665566665566777455556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)44550173073067556547840727522117314410474725449563432281717888773733711313612113116162431458975725275231619241221323650354020
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
W
0
ENE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
SSW
5
S
0
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.74
7:12PM
1.85
7:40AM
1.67
8:18PM
1.78
8:46AM
1.63
9:22PM
1.73
9:49AM
1.61
10:21PM
1.69
10:47AM
1.60
11:13PM
1.67
11:37AM
1.60
12:00AM
1.65
12:22PM
1.60
12:42AM
1.63
1:03PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.16
1:38AM
0.25
1:58PM
0.21
2:40AM
0.29
3:00PM
0.25
3:38AM
0.31
3:58PM
0.28
4:32AM
0.31
4:50PM
0.30
5:21AM
0.31
5:38PM
0.31
6:04AM
0.31
6:22PM
0.32
6:44AM
0.31
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise7:33-------7:35-------7:35-------7:37-------7:39-------7:39-------7:41-------7:43---
Sunset--5:34-------5:31-------5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C911131110108111315131211111110101312991010910141511111010910131411101010991518151516171616111111101010910121311
Feels °C (?)67987767810898877911107788771112998878121297776613151212121311128101187888101110
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