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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Catlins River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Catlins River Mouth sea temperature is
15.0° C
 (Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Catlins River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Catlins River Mouth at 4AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

Table - waves today at Catlins River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
2
WSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111010131314151414131212171716161615151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4038371091382033143623182491236148172216298288280302291249242372367297
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NW
10
WSW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
2.41
7:35AM
2.37
7:57PM
2.34
8:23AM
2.29
8:50PM
2.27
9:16AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
0.70
1:47PM
0.85
2:15AM
0.81
2:38PM
0.94
3:06AM
0.93
3:30PM
1.03
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:58-------5:58-------6:01----
Sunset-------9:35-------9:35-------9:34
light rain
cloud
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part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-----11----------1820842
Temp. °C151514141619161518181515161717161412111112151817
Feels °C (?)161514131617141417161312111110111198910131817
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