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Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Cannibal Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Cannibal Bay at 2PM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Cannibal Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 979 | 1721 | 955 | 969 | 821 | 623 | 515 | 385 | 308 | 262 | 243 | 459 | 149 | 113 | 161 | 262 | 787 | 1600 | 1639 | 1288 | 1207 | 2756 | 3656 | 1425 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:24AM 2.24 | 10:52PM 2.21 | 11:28AM 2.25 | 11:53PM 2.25 | 12:25PM 2.28 | 12:46AM 2.30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:34PM 1.02 | 5:06AM 0.89 | 5:42PM 0.96 | 6:07AM 0.83 | 6:38PM 0.89 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 6:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Feels °C (?) | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins
The wind is still cross-off at Cannibal Bay (light winds from the NNE at Nugget Point Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Cannibal Bay). 2.1m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.7m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 42 min ago
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