Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Feb 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 1.6°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 2AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
ENE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)121212121212128121367111112111279899109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14114111811811611893989810396113663875336319132100127115169169235162
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
0
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
W
0
WNW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
2.46
4:03AM
2.50
4:20PM
2.50
4:50AM
2.51
5:05PM
2.51
5:34AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
0.56
10:13AM
0.66
10:36PM
0.53
10:58AM
0.65
11:22PM
0.55
11:43AM
0.68
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset-9:15-------9:14-------9:13------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1121----22--------------
Temp. °C131414141414151812111111101011111111109881112
Feels °C (?)111211141313141766765677899756109
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