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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 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
15.5° C
 (Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (08 Feb)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (08 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313121212121212121212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15951401117911649661003907956107710251111106411171062967830816669646546495435283242
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
W
10
S
20
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		crosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
1.89
8:12PM
1.84
8:37AM
1.78
9:10PM
1.76
9:37AM
1.71
10:16PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
0.48
2:03PM
0.53
2:31AM
0.61
2:58PM
0.62
3:30AM
0.70
3:57PM
0.68
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:45-------6:46-------6:48------
Sunset-----9:08-------9:07-------9:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1---121
Temp. °C111112131413111010101113141311111011121718161614
Feels °C (?)457888666671011967810111517161514
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