Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 11 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)--
Afternoon (11 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (11 Jul)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sat
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
3
E
3.5
E
4
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
4
E
3
E
4
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
2
E
2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.5
S
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)9910111111121212121212111211111111111116151111111010101010101111161514141314141313121111101010101024151422222120201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)11041694287036943185294328516960260469832896227218871945185820301946219723182354229220051736169715661225105598385882180074669783688083379879211401450133411501048906708617531563606578741134615581496139518682184409664396868
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNW
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NW
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
15
NW
10
W
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
2.05
3:24PM
2.14
3:37AM
2.07
4:04PM
2.15
4:18AM
2.08
4:47PM
2.13
5:02AM
2.08
5:32PM
2.10
5:50AM
2.06
6:20PM
2.06
6:42AM
2.04
7:13PM
2.02
7:40AM
2.03
8:12PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.40
9:07AM
0.28
9:33PM
0.37
9:50AM
0.25
10:16PM
0.35
10:34AM
0.23
11:00PM
0.34
11:21AM
0.24
11:48PM
0.35
12:11PM
0.28
12:39AM
0.36
1:06PM
0.32
1:35AM
0.37
2:06PM
0.36
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sat
19
Sunrise------8:25-------8:23-------8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------8:21-------8:19-----
Sunset5:13-------5:14-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17-------5:19---
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Rain (mm)
------------1----------------------------------1---------122
Temp. °C1211121212109111211109998101098767791098888789986555897655548976543478678
Feels °C (?)535698768887776887532335664345443310-1-2-12322121-1243310-1044142
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