Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 06 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 1.4°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 2PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (06 Jul)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (06 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
2
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
SW
2
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1413131314141313131313131313131313131212667788888888919181010101010101099991010101111111111111313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5285345575574583883863433864445066215505464724684003683483753473465014976486466255521200113991993412869321800185310731028113681373211531069705786109314081456160217541755168717391574156217481943520465401300
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
45
NE
45
NE
45
NE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
2.17
12:13AM
2.15
12:40PM
2.19
12:59AM
2.17
1:26PM
2.22
1:43AM
2.19
2:09PM
2.24
2:24AM
2.21
2:52PM
2.26
3:04AM
2.23
3:32PM
2.28
3:44AM
2.25
4:12PM
2.30
4:24AM
2.28
4:53PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
1.19
6:27AM
1.12
6:53PM
1.15
7:14AM
1.06
7:39PM
1.10
7:57AM
0.99
8:21PM
1.03
8:38AM
0.91
9:01PM
0.95
9:19AM
0.84
9:40PM
0.89
10:00AM
0.78
10:20PM
0.84
10:42AM
0.74
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Sunrise8:23-------8:23-------8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------8:21-------8:19---
Sunset--5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09-------5:09-------5:10-------5:12-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C99101010999991010109887888778878887666791110991099101010109999101110109999888
Feels °C (?)56888777667654220000-1-2-1-2-3-2-1222223587667766556575677532122111
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