Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 18 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6PM is: 1.4m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)--
Afternoon (18 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (18 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)161818181717162019181716161717161616161516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1711186516111382148112691331153013721435134410911028106511199128408638189951426154914491222
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
10
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
2.27
9:35AM
2.28
10:05PM
2.27
10:42AM
2.31
11:10PM
2.28
11:47AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
0.90
3:19AM
0.93
3:50PM
0.95
4:22AM
0.93
4:55PM
0.98
5:27AM
0.90
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise------8:15-------8:15-------8:14-
Sunset5:16-------5:17-------5:19-------
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Rain (mm)
---1------------------1-
Temp. °C108787879109888778109887789
Feels °C (?)643443356655533475442254
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