Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 23 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
15.1° 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 3PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111111113131616151515141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47039731924834453353340328427924640849916851799175316191421125712401335128011901058
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
20
N
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NE
5
E
10
S
15
SE
5
E
10
NE
5
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50PM
2.30
7:16AM
2.23
7:58PM
2.24
8:27AM
2.17
9:10PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
0.51
1:14AM
0.61
1:43PM
0.58
2:17AM
0.68
2:51PM
0.60
3:27AM
0.70
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--------7:13-------7:16-------
Sunset---8:49-------8:46-------8:45----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----3---------------12310
Temp. °C11192119131313121315151412111091219191513121212
Feels °C (?)8161815989910121211101087101817131210128
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