Catlins River Mouth surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.5° C
(Which is 3.2°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 2PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
0.9
SW
2
SW
2
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)101210815881516161415161616151414181416161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8151860800522344494439403573441245382306280212191214211178160206326441344
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
SW
5
SE
10
SW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
2.48
2:20AM
2.48
2:39PM
2.55
3:04AM
2.52
3:27PM
2.58
3:50AM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
0.75
8:14PM
0.69
8:33AM
0.68
9:00PM
0.67
9:19AM
0.65
9:46PM
0.69
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00------5:58-----
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111-------111----------
Temp. °C9111110991088111512111098913151211111111
Feels °C (?)02333454471211976571013108988
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