Dinner Plates Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 03 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 11.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s
Evening (04 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	12s

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

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	Monday 03			Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	10	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	80	63	84	54	89	212	257	384	400	444	466	847	819	718	586	330	278	228	201	210	211	202	198	164
Wind (km/h)	ENE	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	SSW	S	E	E	ENE	NNE	E	ESE	E	ENE	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					1:15AM 2.27				1:42PM 2.28				2:06AM 2.39				2:31PM 2.34				2:58AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.16				7:28AM 0.06				7:50PM 0.05				8:18AM 0.02				8:39PM -0.01				9:10AM 0.02

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	8	9	10	11	14	17	18	19	17	16	13	13	14	16
Feels °C (?)	16	13	8	5	5	8	8	8	5	7	6	6	8	10	13	15	15	17	14	12	10	10	12	14

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