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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
14.9° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 5PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
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)
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)121212121212121211111212121213131313131414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10089114139151146139868060436665120134205253249290363363352347286
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
E
15
E
20
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NW
10
N
15
NNE
30
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
1.69
9:33PM
1.72
10:00AM
1.66
10:41PM
1.74
11:05AM
1.70
11:40PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.72
3:55AM
0.77
4:19PM
0.71
4:54AM
0.74
5:15PM
0.65
5:46AM
0.66
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--------7:33-------7:33-------
Sunset---8:15-------8:13-------8:10----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------41--1-----
Temp. °C121617171614141517202220181713121314141211111011
Feels °C (?)10131414141213121417201715148810121187644
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