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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 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
14.4° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 10AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
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)
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131314141313131313151616151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309406394370370431419373357299295238398419382283268357288323362367357402
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
E
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
2.48
4:50PM
2.53
5:14AM
2.50
5:36PM
2.52
5:58AM
2.48
6:25PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
0.65
11:10PM
0.65
11:29AM
0.66
11:55PM
0.70
12:16PM
0.69
12:44AM
0.78
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--7:41-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset-----7:54-------7:52-------7:51--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C10910131313121212121315151414151314131212121111
Feels °C (?)9781010101010101112131412121311131210111199
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