Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 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
14.6° 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 3PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)111012141611121111111115151515151616161515161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)223167278140140237314292282233224212291382674114716061728150714311292116911841214
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
NW
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
2.48
5:19PM
2.48
5:41AM
2.44
5:59PM
2.43
6:17AM
2.39
6:39PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.71
11:35PM
0.71
11:53AM
0.78
12:16AM
0.82
12:33PM
0.88
12:56AM
0.94
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:22-----
Sunset-----8:22-------8:21-------8:20--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C131315191818181715141724211916141413141615141313
Feels °C (?)111113171415161413101321191714131412141514131212
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