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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 19 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
14.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 8PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
3
2
3
3
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111113141413131313121212121212778212020191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242246158236431479536520504410297175139146137127186337258441432419603596
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
2.13
4:20PM
2.08
4:45AM
2.14
4:57PM
2.08
5:23AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
0.28
10:15AM
0.36
10:30PM
0.25
10:54AM
0.35
11:10PM
0.24
11:34AM
0.35
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset-9:32-------9:31-------9:30------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312111010131414141211111115181918151414141516
Feels °C (?)10887658878656713141516131314141315
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