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Dinner Plates surf break

Dinner Plates surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 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
14.9° 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 9AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
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)
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
0
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.8
WSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101313151514131312121216161010151515151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127242369291773711560480341281889343407436476403382372372676581557404392
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WSW
15
NE
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
NNE
35
W
15
WNW
25
NNW
45
NW
40
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
2.17
7:10PM
2.09
7:40AM
2.04
8:03PM
1.97
8:32AM
1.92
8:59PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
0.31
1:28AM
0.29
1:56PM
0.40
2:22AM
0.42
2:50PM
0.48
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:00-------6:01-------6:03------
Sunset-----9:38-------9:37-------9:37--
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----1121-------19191021-2
Temp. °C141416181617171515131516161514131111121617182017
Feels °C (?)131214171412131111991010981010891116151211
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