Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 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
14.7° C
(Which is 3.0°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 1PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111414131312121211111414141414141413161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64355354346612571189943681540425337263206208208206133787879701104018281735
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
ENE
5
N
10
W
10
NNW
15
NW
15
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrossglassglassoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
2.44
4:11PM
2.47
4:31AM
2.44
4:49PM
2.45
5:07AM
2.41
5:27PM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.75
10:26PM
0.77
10:43AM
0.79
11:04PM
0.84
11:20AM
0.86
11:42PM
0.93
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:58-------8:00-------8:02-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:27-------7:24--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------23-----
Temp. °C151516212218181718171518201818171110101112121111
Feels °C (?)1414141920171716161614171916151488687899
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