Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.7° 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 11AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)161615151615141413131212121218111716121214141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515093128137167165189181173155152152113109135140198198202529613704637
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
2.45
4:26PM
2.45
4:47AM
2.34
5:29PM
2.35
5:56AM
2.25
6:37PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.35
10:46PM
0.51
11:15AM
0.42
11:47PM
0.59
12:20PM
0.48
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--7:31-------7:33-------7:35-----
Sunset-----6:00------5:59-------5:57---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C767910987766799876771011111110
Feels °C (?)212343433233665434477776
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