Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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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 3.4°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 8AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (15 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
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0
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
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3
3
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.4
SE
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)10101010978910121213121212121313131311121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)486394125952046568111382149301733373300297327442246179215841355114410038369631084997
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
30
W
30
W
35
W
45
W
45
W
50
W
50
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
20
N
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
2.39
11:52PM
2.42
12:10PM
2.52
12:36AM
2.51
12:55PM
2.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
0.48
5:50PM
0.37
6:10AM
0.37
6:35PM
0.30
6:54AM
0.29
7:21PM
0.28
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:08-------6:07--
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----34122111111-----8411
Temp. °C9910111010101010101112111010988101412121110
Feels °C (?)556843210-1022344445910997
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