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Colac Bay surf break

Colac Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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 2.3°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 3AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1ft (0.3m)22s
Evening (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212121212222221202019181817161616151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17211711511311179941541502212982833604484097056888277767267067631106925
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
2.29
4:00PM
2.28
4:26AM
2.30
4:40PM
2.30
5:06AM
2.30
5:24PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
0.39
10:01AM
0.46
10:24PM
0.38
10:41AM
0.45
11:07PM
0.40
11:25AM
0.48
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:22-------6:24-------6:26----
Sunset-------9:34-------9:32-------9:31
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------21
Temp. °C1310991317171715141414151717151312121111121110
Feels °C (?)9666111515151413141314151412119876955
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