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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 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
14.8° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 7PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)111111101010101111111111131414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)323317263253239243248258263233237246156236478525581563504410336207169141
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
SE
20
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
2.02
3:31AM
2.11
3:43PM
2.06
4:08AM
2.13
4:20PM
2.08
4:45AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
0.45
9:12PM
0.33
9:36AM
0.40
9:51PM
0.28
10:15AM
0.36
10:30PM
0.25
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset---9:32-------9:32-------9:31----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11131413111010101315151311111010121314131111109
Feels °C (?)999866771011108776688875666
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