Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
14.7° C
(Which is 2.2°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 6AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151511101214161112111111111515151515161616151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)287279223167280140140237314292282233224212291387665949146915661507129211621169
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
2.48
5:19PM
2.48
5:41AM
2.44
5:59PM
2.43
6:17AM
2.39
6:39PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.62
11:13AM
0.71
11:35PM
0.71
11:53AM
0.78
12:16AM
0.82
12:33PM
0.88
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----7:20-------7:22-------7:22---
Sunset-------8:22-------8:22-------8:20
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131413131519181818171514172422191614141314161414
Feels °C (?)121211111316141516151311132120171414141214161314
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