Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
15.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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 7PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141312131212111111111414131312121211111414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)930107777610258167656435535434661121106094368151942533726315820820623815899
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
N
5
SE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
ESE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
0
S
5
W
10
NNW
10
NW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
2.46
3:54AM
2.44
4:11PM
2.47
4:31AM
2.44
4:49PM
2.45
5:07AM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.73
9:46PM
0.71
10:04AM
0.75
10:26PM
0.77
10:43AM
0.79
11:04PM
0.84
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:58-------8:00-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:29-------7:27----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C91416141515151515202220181818171719201916161111
Feels °C (?)612141213141313131820191716161515181918141378
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