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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 Feb 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
15.1° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 10PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)--
Afternoon (08 Feb)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (08 Feb)6ft (1.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)13131212121212121212121212121212111111111111912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12301174551543543525517589598608608575493485380361285275133101101877165
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
S
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
10
N
5
WNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
0
SE
5
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
2.20
9:16AM
2.15
9:55PM
2.14
10:18AM
2.09
10:58PM
2.10
11:22AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
1.06
3:10AM
1.11
3:36PM
1.14
4:02AM
1.20
4:35PM
1.18
5:01AM
1.25
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:46-------6:47--
Sunset-9:06-------9:05-------9:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11--12-----
Temp. °C1514121110912141312111191010121715141514141314
Feels °C (?)99887691010977698101716151514141313
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