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Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
12.7° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 5PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
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0
2
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
3
SW
3
SW
1.6
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141414151616161514141414131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)367367305474519519506377482476469373342336331374424232925848111682229721852149
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		onononoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
2.27
4:54AM
2.29
5:05PM
2.23
5:33AM
2.25
5:42PM
2.19
6:14AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:28AM
1.05
10:44PM
0.98
11:05AM
1.06
11:21PM
0.99
11:42AM
1.07
12:01AM
1.00
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:48
Sunset---9:00-------9:01-------9:04----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-2241-------------------
Temp. °C121010101110109121212131210991415141010878
Feels °C (?)9689988698911107661111834323
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