Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
13.0° C
(Which is 2.6°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 5AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
2
4
4
4
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151414141413131313131212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)519519506496482476469373342336331374424219526248241771229721852185636636589569
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
W
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
2.29
5:05PM
2.23
5:33AM
2.25
5:42PM
2.19
6:14AM
2.21
6:23PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.98
11:05AM
1.06
11:21PM
0.99
11:42AM
1.07
12:01AM
1.00
12:22PM
1.07
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:48----
Sunset-------9:01-------9:04-------9:05
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-------------1---------
Temp. °C111010913131313111099141415111086710111110
Feels °C (?)98861010101197661198543135666
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