Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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 2AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111112121212121212121111111111212019181818161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7456815305454434123472652602072001401381059187301391565670655797813758
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
2.44
1:28PM
2.47
1:57AM
2.49
2:13PM
2.52
2:40AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
0.23
7:27AM
0.32
7:49PM
0.17
8:11AM
0.27
8:33PM
0.16
8:53AM
0.27
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:22-------7:24-------7:26-
Sunset-8:37-------8:36-------8:34------
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C1111109991011121087547131412111010101215
Feels °C (?)3444567886432-13910999881114
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