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Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
12.9° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 9PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)--
Afternoon (26 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (26 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.2
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.1
NE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)910101091098889991091071210116121416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29442437053350112995204167144173134143176124111152134944579122167349
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
SSW
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
30
WSW
25
W
25
SW
30
SW
10
SE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
2.09
8:32AM
2.12
8:55PM
2.10
9:27AM
2.12
9:53PM
2.14
10:25AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
1.07
2:24AM
1.00
2:47PM
1.06
3:19AM
0.99
3:43PM
1.05
4:15AM
0.96
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise-----5:47-------5:46-------5:46--
Sunset-9:07-------9:08-------9:09------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C1818131312131822211914121210121515141211991417
Feels °C (?)151710108101418181711101046981176651014
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