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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 09 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
15.2° 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 10PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
0
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1616161515151514141413131313677151313781110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4074364194033823723723016585573983402461685441013112549863468288781784219331631
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
20
W
10
N
10
NE
15
NE
25
NW
15
WNW
15
N
35
NNW
35
N
35
NW
40
WNW
55
WNW
55
W
50
W
45
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
1.97
8:32AM
1.92
8:59PM
1.87
9:27AM
1.83
9:59PM
1.81
10:25AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.42
2:50PM
0.48
3:16AM
0.52
3:44PM
0.55
4:12AM
0.60
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:05--
Sunset-9:37-------9:37-------9:37------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-----31031--1-1----11--1-
Temp. °C151514141211121519212119201817151312111111111113
Feels °C (?)887109910111819151415116432222445
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