Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.6°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: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)13ft (4.0m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (22 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)16151478131313131312121212121211116619181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89481666714972369408427752187172313174304093142681931328277143127212283356534
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
40
WNW
50
NW
50
W
50
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
2.11
6:47PM
2.12
7:13AM
2.04
7:44PM
2.06
8:13AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.24
12:37PM
0.30
1:08AM
0.34
1:34PM
0.37
2:10AM
0.44
2:38PM
0.42
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:05-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------8:46-------8:45-------8:43
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11773------------2------
Temp. °C1311101212141413111199121721221613121213151513
Feels °C (?)7302267778679151820138668111211
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