Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 02 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 2.3°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: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
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
1
WSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111211111110131212121212121111111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)693704486494583534431359281572537503486411404337325263242238238254343567
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
2.54
3:06AM
2.55
3:21PM
2.55
3:50AM
2.53
4:06PM
2.52
4:32AM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
0.10
9:19AM
0.25
9:43PM
0.13
10:04AM
0.29
10:28PM
0.22
10:47AM
0.37
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-9:21-------9:20-------9:19------
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C12121111991113131311108812141515131211111419
Feels °C (?)657867910101110866101112121110991318
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