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Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 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
13.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dinner Plates today?

The current surf forecast for Dinner Plates at 1AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (30 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (30 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
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
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)111112121211111110101010101213111313121212111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9071287865173115241084725523530448479667327874109242998110181026747778553485389
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
30
W
20
NW
30
WNW
40
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
10
WSW
5
NNE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
2.17
12:55PM
2.12
1:32AM
2.28
1:51PM
2.23
2:25AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
0.34
7:07PM
0.17
7:40AM
0.25
8:02PM
0.07
8:32AM
0.18
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:31-------6:33--
Sunset-9:22-------9:21-------9:20------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C1514121210911141514121112912151615141514131416
Feels °C (?)76665579109776467877910111213
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