Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 10 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 12AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)--
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (11 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.3
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
W
0.4
WSW
0.1
SE
0.1
S
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111211111112131313131312101281311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1487134331001001301301021061009797161249201192129129898050331379
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
25
WSW
15
SW
5
SSE
0
N
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
20
SE
15
SSE
5
S
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
2.04
9:38AM
2.00
10:15PM
2.04
10:37AM
2.01
11:10PM
2.06
11:30AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.91
3:22AM
0.99
3:59PM
0.91
4:28AM
0.98
4:59PM
0.85
5:30AM
0.90
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset-9:09-------9:08-------9:07------
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---------------------2-
Temp. °C171714131313141820171413131317232424201918191114
Feels °C (?)1614121313131316171413131311152222221816151448
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