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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Dinner Plates surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dinner Plates sea temperature is
13.2° C
 (Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dinner Plates today?

The current surf forecast for Dinner Plates at 9AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 25). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (25 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

Table - waves today at Dinner Plates. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
3
3
2
2
2
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
1.1
E
0.8
E
1.3
WSW
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111112111111111110101077588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)698686606571540450450427435459414347261211169115124684912766985863
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
5
E
10
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
E
10
NNW
10
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
10
WNW
10
W
35
W
10
NW
15
NNE
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.92
6:33PM
1.81
7:03AM
1.87
7:20PM
1.78
7:52AM
1.85
8:10PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
0.62
12:53AM
0.56
1:26PM
0.63
1:44AM
0.56
2:17PM
0.62
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:48------
Sunset-----9:09-------9:10-------9:13--
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------114----
Temp. °C6711131414121214182023161615131314141417171616
Feels °C (?)3491011108111213151912151310109121311151310
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