Cannibal Bay Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (46.47° S 169.76° E)

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Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 09 Sep 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 10.6° 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 3PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (09 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	19s

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

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	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	2	!	!	!	2	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	21	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	179	122	120	189	209	295	349	393	378	355	429	460	466	1083	1296	1511	1445	1265	4316	3786	3280	681	606	582
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NNE	NW	WNW	NW	NW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				3:59PM 2.53				4:17AM 2.57				4:42PM 2.53				5:04AM 2.55				5:28PM 2.50				5:56AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52AM 0.55				10:10PM 0.60				10:37AM 0.58				10:56PM 0.62				11:24AM 0.66				11:46PM 0.68

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	9	11	11	9	8	6	5	7	8	8	6	5	4	4	3	5	7	10	9	9	9	7	5
Feels °C (?)	1	5	8	8	6	4	3	1	2	1	0	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-1	0	4	3	3	4	2	0

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cannibal Bay (moderate winds from the NNE at Nugget Point Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Cannibal Bay). 0.4m 10s swell from the S with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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