Secret spot?We can hide it! Dinner Plates Surf Forecast / New-Zealand – Catlins / New Zealand2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 05 am Monday 04 Jun 2012Dinner Plates surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 13962 | 18438 | 16676 | 11577 | 8024 | 3773 | 7733 | 5445 | 3056 | 6080 | 7152 | 9974 | 7905 | 6287 | 4276 | 2904 | 2558 | 2278 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross | cross- on |
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glass | off | cross | cross- on |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Dinner Plates blow from the N
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High Tide / height (m) |
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2:52PM 3.09 |
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3:13AM 3.03 |
3:46PM 3.06 |
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4:05AM 2.99 |
4:39PM 2.99 |
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4:59AM 2.92 |
5:32PM 2.89 |
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5:54AM 2.82 |
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6:25PM 2.78 |
6:51AM 2.73 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
8:37AM 0.52 |
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9:04PM 0.65 |
9:30AM 0.52 |
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9:56PM 0.67 |
10:23AM 0.57 |
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10:49PM 0.74 |
11:17AM 0.65 |
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11:42PM 0.83 |
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12:12PM 0.76 |
12:36AM 0.93 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Waipapa Point, New Zealand which is 13 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Dinner Plates. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Dinner Plates sea temperature is 11.9 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 10.2 max: 11.5 min: 8.3 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Mon afternoon, min 4°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Tue morning, calm by Wed morning). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Thu night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Sat morning, min 5°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Thu night, moderate winds from the W by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| Low °C | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 4 | -1 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 8:21 | - | - | 8:21 | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | 8:23 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 17:02 | - | - | 17:02 | - | - | 17:01 | - | - | 17:01 | - | - | 17:01 | - | - | 17:01 | - | ||||||
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The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Dinner Plates surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
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Information about the Dinner Plates Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Dinner Plates provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Dinner Plates can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Dinner Plates surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Dinner Plates) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Dinner Plates may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
