Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
15.3° C
(Which is 2.8°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 10AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (25 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)121313151414141313131312121212121615151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341418515986862694580451367356273202192150150113140326381371361425395384
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
2.23
7:48PM
2.24
8:19AM
2.17
9:01PM
2.21
9:31AM
2.18
10:08PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
0.54
2:05AM
0.68
2:41PM
0.56
3:16AM
0.68
3:50PM
0.53
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:54-------7:56-------7:58-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:50-------7:47--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1------31-
Temp. °C141212141818141211111216191614131313131615141414
Feels °C (?)131010121515121099913171212111112131614141313
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