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Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
15.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 1AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (05 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
!
!
4
4
3
2
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)111111111111121313131212111111111112121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3252632421942062543936047038257508721004976836943115811541022103194294210481256
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
0
NW
10
SW
5
WNW
20
NNW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
2.52
4:32AM
2.47
4:49PM
2.45
5:12AM
2.40
5:33PM
2.36
5:54AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:28PM
0.22
10:47AM
0.37
11:12PM
0.35
11:32AM
0.49
11:57PM
0.51
12:17PM
0.62
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:47-------6:48--
Sunset-9:19-------9:16-------9:15------
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------24---------11
Temp. °C151413121110131819201814131313141515131111121414
Feels °C (?)121112119812171618131298788997781110
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