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Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 Nov 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
12.7° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 11AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
3
SW
3
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141415161616151414141413131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4433673674373054745195195584964824764693733423363313744242291262482416022185
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
W
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		ononcross-
on		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
2.32
4:29PM
2.27
4:54AM
2.29
5:05PM
2.23
5:33AM
2.25
5:42PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:28AM
1.05
10:44PM
0.98
11:05AM
1.06
11:21PM
0.99
11:42AM
1.07
12:01AM
1.00
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:52-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset-----9:00-------9:01-------9:04--
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--12231-------------1---
Temp. °C17131210101010101091312121312109914151410108
Feels °C (?)14101068988861189111076610118443
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