Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 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
15.3° C
(Which is 2.8°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 10AM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (07 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)5ft (1.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
1
1
1
3
4
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
SW
1
S
1
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)161616151516161616161616161516161615151615141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17501728168414501309124111841094110812301358134115471139115416131376917424471449802780572
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
E
5
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
0
NE
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
5
W
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
5
SE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
2.39
6:39PM
2.37
6:54AM
2.31
7:21PM
2.28
7:34AM
2.22
8:07PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.88
12:56AM
0.94
1:14PM
0.98
1:38AM
1.06
1:57PM
1.07
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:22-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset-----8:20-------8:17-------8:15--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------6533----------
Temp. °C14141418161514131313141511101110991011111199
Feels °C (?)151313171614141312131415656655556766
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