Surf Break

Lat Long: 46.47° S 169.76° E

Cannibal Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cannibal Bay sea temperature is
12.1°C
2.0° 

Cannibal Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cannibal Bay today (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cannibal Bay at 10PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (03 Nov)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.5
SW
12
0.5
SW
12
0.5
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.8
E
6
0.7
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
936
1010
874
874
712
586
553
427
421
378
170
124
126
77
75
75
53
37
36
23
51
36
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
15
E
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:25PM2.27m
11:58AM2.27m
00:23AM2.31m
12:52PM2.31m
1:15AM2.35m
Low Tide
5:08PM0.93m
5:37AM0.82m
6:09PM0.90m
6:34AM0.82m
7:03PM0.87m
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
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cloud
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part cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
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6:13
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6:11
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6:09
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8:34
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8:36
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8:37
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8:38
 mm
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2
3
1
4
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2
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Temp °C
11
10
10
9
9
9
10
11
12
10
10
10
10
12
15
15
13
11
10
10
10
10
Feels °C
9
7
6
3
4
5
7
7
10
8
7
7
8
11
15
13
11
10
8
7
8
7
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