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Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
14.7° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 7PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111110101313141514141313121716161610151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8679765840533785138203314362318249196148172214298288799302287249
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NE
0
SSW
5
W
5
SW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
5
WNW
15
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
10
WSW
5
N
15
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
2.41
7:35AM
2.37
7:57PM
2.34
8:23AM
2.29
8:50PM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.77
1:25AM
0.70
1:47PM
0.85
2:15AM
0.81
2:38PM
0.94
3:06AM
0.93
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---9:35-------9:35-------9:35----
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--111------1-121-------2
Temp. °C132016151514151416191716191715141617171613121110
Feels °C (?)111717151514151316181514171613910101010101089
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