Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 03 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 2.2°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 7AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111121201918181816161616151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2001401381059187301391565670655797813758620566456350346269254239178229
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
0
NE
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
0
SW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
2.49
2:13PM
2.52
2:40AM
2.52
2:55PM
2.54
3:19AM
2.51
3:35PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.17
8:11AM
0.27
8:33PM
0.16
8:53AM
0.27
9:15PM
0.22
9:34AM
0.32
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----7:24-------7:26-------7:28---
Sunset-------8:34-------8:32-------8:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8654712131210101010121617151414131314182121
Feels °C (?)421-138898988111515131214121012162021
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