Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 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 7AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am 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
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
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
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111111120206618813121614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26736730825024619915813570694024371498719410110418792887225762004
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
E
0
NNW
5
SW
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
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)
7:07PM
0.30
7:35AM
0.28
7:56PM
0.23
8:25AM
0.28
8:46PM
0.20
9:16AM
0.31
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:16----
Sunset-------8:45-------8:45-------8:47
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------1---------
Temp. °C10991014181919161413111414141411109913171716
Feels °C (?)7678131717181512119121088776510121112
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