Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
15.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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 11AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131213121211111111141413131212121111141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10999439301077776102581676364355354346611211060836681519425337217158160206234
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
N
5
SE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
0
SSE
0
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
N
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
2.42
3:31PM
2.46
3:54AM
2.44
4:11PM
2.47
4:31AM
2.44
4:49PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.73
9:46PM
0.71
10:04AM
0.75
10:26PM
0.77
10:43AM
0.79
11:04PM
0.84
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:56-------7:58-------8:00-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:29-------7:27--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1099141614151515151520222118181817171920191616
Feels °C (?)655121412131313131318202118161615151819171313
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