Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
11.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Colac Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Colac Bay at 8AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
4
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
W
0.8
W
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.6
W
1.1
W
0.4
WSW
1.2
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111111202066188131216141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3082502461991581357069402437149871941011041879288722576200417811731
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
E
5
NE
5
SW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
2.64
1:35PM
2.60
2:00AM
2.70
2:24PM
2.63
2:53AM
2.70
3:15PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
0.28
7:56PM
0.23
8:25AM
0.28
8:46PM
0.20
9:16AM
0.31
9:39PM
0.22
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:16------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:47--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C9101418191916131111151413141110910131718161413
Feels °C (?)78131717171410991397867679131212109
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