Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 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
15.1° C
(Which is 2.9°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 3AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (02 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121313131212121212121211111111111019181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2708429745634206339227842501228118481747158413231191969862749520586737897887848808683
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
2.29
2:27PM
2.28
2:55AM
2.32
3:12PM
2.31
3:37AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.10
8:15AM
0.19
8:36PM
0.05
9:00AM
0.14
9:21PM
0.04
9:42AM
0.13
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-
Sunset-8:34-------8:31-------8:30------
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C101099999101110887691214131210991215
Feels °C (?)2223444666564368988766913
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