Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
15.1° C
(Which is 3.0°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 7PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
!
!
!
!
3
3
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
1.5
W
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)1416157111211111110109131212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1951074151349311511406111469545730818814112586857675229282282273217214217
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
20
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34PM
1.98
6:59AM
1.92
7:39PM
1.96
8:06AM
1.93
8:40PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.88
12:49AM
0.97
1:26PM
0.87
1:55AM
0.94
2:30PM
0.81
3:00AM
0.85
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset---6:22-------6:20-------6:19----
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13141413121211109121614121212121314161614131212
Feels °C (?)101087767769141210888910121310987
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