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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 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
15.3° C
 (Which is 2.5°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: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (17 Feb)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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)
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.5
E
2.4
ESE
1.7
E
2
SE
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)1212111192019181817161616161515151414141515156
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5556041336676610671796105014881608141012301067921721584443367264211279309242356
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
NNW
30
W
25
W
40
W
30
WNW
30
W
25
NW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
2.13
3:38AM
2.20
3:50PM
2.18
4:15AM
2.22
4:29PM
2.21
4:54AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.31
9:22PM
0.17
9:44AM
0.25
10:01PM
0.13
10:23AM
0.22
10:42PM
0.13
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---8:54-------8:53-------8:52----
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1-1-------------1-1-1-18
Temp. °C121212111112121212141515121212121315151413121011
Feels °C (?)89989111111111313141110101112101078653
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