Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
15.4° C
(Which is 3.1°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 11AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
2
2
2
3
2
!
!
!
!
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111101313131314141414141313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1431100668333997211031421161616901939168014411122975841604469379308250199193193203
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
2.43
3:43PM
2.43
3:58AM
2.36
4:21PM
2.35
4:33AM
2.28
5:01PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
0.51
10:03PM
0.60
10:19AM
0.60
10:41PM
0.71
10:58AM
0.69
11:20PM
0.81
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--8:08-------8:10-------8:11-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:30-------7:29--
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
4-----------------------
Temp. °C12111212121211111010101112121098891316151311
Feels °C (?)559999887656886655691212118
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