Cannibal Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 30 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
13.9° C
(Which is 3.2°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 4AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 30). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (30 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (30 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
0.8
ENE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)1515151414141414141411661012121111131112121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)730640496412390373368264121127821031041201221181041036499109107130126
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NE
15
SE
20
ESE
30
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51PM
2.20
11:23AM
2.23
11:48PM
2.29
12:18PM
2.31
12:44AM
2.39
1:12PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
0.92
5:39PM
0.96
6:07AM
0.88
6:36PM
0.89
7:03AM
0.84
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise---5:45-------5:45-------5:43----
Sunset-------9:13-------9:14-------9:15
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1131---------1--
Temp. °C1311101213131212121111101010111111109910101010
Feels °C (?)1188101210879975667798767877
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