Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Cannibal Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cannibal Bay sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cannibal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cannibal Bay at 4AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

Table - waves today at Cannibal Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161514141413141414141616151515151413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)382283268357288313431362357407366362493372272272200144142128118152178122
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
0
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
SE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
2.48
6:25PM
2.48
6:46AM
2.42
7:20PM
2.41
7:42AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
0.70
12:16PM
0.69
12:44AM
0.78
1:08PM
0.75
1:38AM
0.87
2:05PM
0.83
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:43-------7:45-------7:47---
Sunset-------7:51-------7:49-------7:46
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414141314121211111111111416141414141413161514
Feels °C (?)121212131212101011101010101213131414131312141313
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