Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 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
14.5° C
(Which is 3.0°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 11AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)1414131313131312121212121214889999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)390363352347444286277126937252523769195239257263281332293256262268
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
10
WNW
5
N
20
E
20
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
N
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NE
10
WNW
10
SW
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
1.67
8:53PM
1.75
9:15AM
1.69
9:50PM
1.79
10:09AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
0.75
2:39PM
0.69
3:14AM
0.71
3:33PM
0.63
4:05AM
0.64
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise--7:13-------7:15-------7:16-----
Sunset-----6:15-------6:14-------6:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C121111131414131415151516181815141413141515141313
Feels °C (?)778121010101113121214151612111110101213131111
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