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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 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
13.4° 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 7AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Dec)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (09 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)7714141212111114151411101516161515151515161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3433495139687997103104103555259171322283309309255331349344262
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
10
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
15
NE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
2.41
7:34PM
2.36
8:08AM
2.33
8:33PM
2.29
9:05AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
0.68
1:24PM
0.84
1:54AM
0.75
2:20PM
0.90
2:51AM
0.82
3:17PM
0.96
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise---5:41-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset-------9:22-------9:23-------9:24
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C111111111516161717141312131615141211101012131412
Feels °C (?)7898121112151411107910891098898119
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