Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Colac Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Colac Bay sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Colac Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Colac Bay at 5AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

Table - waves today at Colac Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
!
3
2
2
3
3
2
!
!
!
!
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.9
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111110131313131414141413131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)872988131099460633397211031421161617301939188614821229975841692469379308250199193
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
25
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
2.43
3:43PM
2.43
3:58AM
2.36
4:21PM
2.35
4:33AM
2.28
5:01PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.49
9:41AM
0.51
10:03PM
0.60
10:19AM
0.60
10:41PM
0.71
10:58AM
0.69
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----8:08-------8:10-------8:11---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:30-------7:29
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-25---------------------
Temp. °C15121211121212121110101010111312108889121614
Feels °C (?)127559999877667986445681210
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