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Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Cannibal Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Cannibal Bay at 8AM is: 2.2m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 7ft (2.2m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Cannibal Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 3277 | 2923 | 2214 | 1972 | 1697 | 1531 | 1512 | 1324 | 1274 | 1804 | 2214 | 1948 | 1566 | 1566 | 1199 | 870 | 749 | 649 | 616 | 537 | 443 | 437 | 367 | 377 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:02PM 2.24 | 1:22AM 2.28 | 1:48PM 2.28 | 2:07AM 2.32 | 2:30PM 2.31 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:44AM 0.86 | 7:13PM 0.92 | 7:34AM 0.84 | 7:59PM 0.88 | 8:19AM 0.84 | 8:40PM 0.86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Mon 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:12 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 8 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Feels °C (?) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins
The wind is still cross-off at Cannibal Bay (light winds from the NNE at Nugget Point Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Cannibal Bay). 2.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
1 h 11 min ago
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