Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 18 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
14.6° C
(Which is 3.2°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 12AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
2
3
2
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.6
S
2
SSE
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)1414161614151414141412101099888889997
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)336304330326363606528459336257215166017531302950682569339527403298304257254
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
2.30
3:33PM
2.40
3:56AM
2.27
4:27PM
2.36
4:50AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55PM
0.07
9:15AM
0.05
9:47PM
0.13
10:09AM
0.09
10:44PM
0.22
11:07AM
0.16
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------7:24-------7:26-------7:28-
Sunset-6:00------5:59-------5:57-------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---------11------------
Temp. °C12111010109101212101010998998887889
Feels °C (?)778886799733221221110112
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