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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 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
12.8° 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 6PM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.6
ENE
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)15159151515151414151415161616151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)318393424474592503443367367372305474519519425339305476401379342336374424
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
10
E
5
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
S
5
SE
0
WNW
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		onglasscross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
2.30
4:17AM
2.32
4:29PM
2.27
4:54AM
2.29
5:05PM
2.23
5:33AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
1.03
10:07PM
0.98
10:28AM
1.05
10:44PM
0.98
11:05AM
1.06
11:21PM
0.99
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:50-------5:50
Sunset---9:00-------9:00-------9:01----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11241-----------
Temp. °C19201818181917121210101011109913131313111099
Feels °C (?)16161516161614997999766101011128765
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