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Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 09 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.7°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 2PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (09 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121211111111111111111111111112111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)550470422422422361355301296229186186205502371113989813011510610097109
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
10
N
20
WNW
30
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
5
SSE
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
2.10
8:11PM
2.09
8:34AM
2.03
9:14PM
2.04
9:38AM
2.00
10:15PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.82
1:57PM
0.85
2:23AM
0.93
2:56PM
0.91
3:22AM
0.99
3:59PM
0.91
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----9:12-------9:09-------9:08--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------12-1-----------
Temp. °C9912141414121010101117161512121211131819161414
Feels °C (?)669121111978781613109111210121615141314
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