Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 7AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (26 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (26 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313121212121213141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1335142212331058929915786774750639629629608650823900900769642623522498629781
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
2.22
9:40AM
2.17
10:20PM
2.25
10:47AM
2.22
11:23PM
2.31
11:47AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:27AM
0.70
4:01PM
0.56
4:39AM
0.65
5:08PM
0.47
5:44AM
0.54
6:08PM
0.34
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:16-------7:18-------7:20---
Sunset-------8:44-------8:42-------8:39
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
16321-------------------
Temp. °C1413121011131313111111101113131211109911141414
Feels °C (?)14119789898898101098886681099
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