Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.1°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 12AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (06 Mar)4ft (1.2m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161112111111111515151515161616151516161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1402872592922822822242142913876831178158617281527145013091241119910941094119911991358
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
W
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
ononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
2.48
5:41AM
2.44
5:59PM
2.43
6:17AM
2.39
6:39PM
2.37
6:54AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
0.71
11:53AM
0.78
12:16AM
0.82
12:33PM
0.88
12:56AM
0.94
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-
Sunset-8:22-------8:22-------8:20------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------2545
Temp. °C171717171515172323181614131314161514131313131313
Feels °C (?)131415151312122021161514121214151413121212121312
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