Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 Jun 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
11.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 0.5m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm June 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jun)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (18 Jun)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (18 Jun)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
1.9
WSW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
E
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
3
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2
SSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)13132012181818171616161414151413131311677716161515151414141313131420201918111213161615141313131414131313131314141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)23736343942641043745945354146735424121321015620414614710236951149651551336233843146354946633643029128629349666562510102777373950389561829259114455327625402133166113441048826626503420374268240236
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
35
NW
40
WNW
40
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
45
WNW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
1.98
7:07AM
1.94
7:40PM
1.98
8:03AM
1.96
8:37PM
1.99
9:04AM
2.01
9:36PM
2.03
10:06AM
2.09
10:36PM
2.08
11:09AM
2.18
11:35PM
2.14
12:09PM
2.27
12:33AM
2.21
1:07PM
2.35
1:28AM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
0.47
1:32PM
0.37
2:03AM
0.43
2:29PM
0.35
2:58AM
0.38
3:27PM
0.32
3:55AM
0.31
4:26PM
0.28
4:51AM
0.24
5:24PM
0.25
5:47AM
0.17
6:21PM
0.22
6:43AM
0.10
7:17PM
0.19
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----8:27-------8:27-------8:27-------8:29-------8:29-------8:29-------8:29-------
Sunset------5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------5:01-------5:01-------5:01-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999910101187777711121099910101010101099988987768111198888878866568911131312111110
Feels °C (?)666667631123368632024434556665642200220-2-2-2-122453211334776776
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