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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 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
14.9° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131312121212121288881212121211111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414346312245233149147116114114130114130152193226211239190186133123125120
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
2.20
2:31PM
2.18
2:58AM
2.22
3:13PM
2.20
3:39AM
2.24
3:51PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
1.11
8:46PM
0.99
9:10AM
1.03
9:27PM
0.92
9:48AM
0.96
10:05PM
0.85
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset-----9:30-------9:30-------9:30--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12211-------------------
Temp. °C1211111111111111111111121212111099111112121111
Feels °C (?)777888898888888977989988
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