Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 06 Dec 2025 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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 12PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (06 Dec)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (06 Dec)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
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3
1
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
2
W
1
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)111212131212121212121212121313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205316441388144514001194956841657649660649604749643165019491648108387010621174304660
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
20
W
15
W
15
SW
15
SSE
20
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
20
N
10
WNW
5
N
15
NNW
30
N
20
NNE
35
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
2.64
3:04PM
2.56
3:39AM
2.60
3:58PM
2.52
4:35AM
2.53
4:53PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.36
9:27PM
0.21
9:56AM
0.38
10:22PM
0.23
10:50AM
0.42
11:18PM
0.29
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset-----9:27-------9:28-------9:29--
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------61-------
Temp. °C101013151515131416182021222118131112131516161312
Feels °C (?)459111211111214151921191614734799111110
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