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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 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 2.7°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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121211111111111010101011111111111314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)336392268228273325500483393379323317305288239255248258263268237246162236
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
0
ESE
10
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
2.01
2:28PM
1.97
2:53AM
2.07
3:06PM
2.02
3:31AM
2.11
3:43PM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
0.50
8:31PM
0.39
8:57AM
0.45
9:12PM
0.33
9:36AM
0.40
9:51PM
0.28
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset-----9:34-------9:32-------9:32--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1011111313121110991113131311101010131414131110
Feels °C (?)7879988887101099767810109987
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