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 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 10.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	4s
Evening (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

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

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	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	S	NNE	NE	NE	ESE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	4	5	5	11	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	9	8	9	8	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	4	4	17	0	9	75	61	38	67	136	176	151	162	173	350	85	44	19	38	26	37	11	24	8
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	NW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:36AM 1.76				11:02PM 1.66				11:36AM 1.79				11:59PM 1.70					12:29PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10AM 0.24				4:50PM 0.30				5:10AM 0.22				5:47PM 0.26					6:05AM 0.18				6:37PM 0.23

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	9	13	14	12	14	14	13	13	15	16	13	13	12	11	9	9	12	11	9	7	5	5
Feels °C (?)	6	6	8	10	11	8	9	9	9	9	12	13	11	11	8	8	6	6	8	4	2	0	-2	-1

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Potato Point (light winds from the WSW at Port Chalmers wx 9 km from Potato Point). 0.2m 12s groundswell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
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Actual: 24 min ago

13 km/h

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Cross-Shore

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