Mitchell's Bay surf break

Mitchell's Bay surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Mitchell's Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mitchell's Bay sea temperature is
12.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mitchell's Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mitchell's Bay at 8AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 23). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (23 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (23 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Mitchell's Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.7
NE
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.5
S
0.1
S
0.9
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.1
S
0.5
S
0.2
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)184131291091212991313151099981414161613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)615291238213344100565537917472827241216377513517
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NNE
20
NNW
55
W
45
WSW
40
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
2.38
3:08PM
2.33
3:29AM
2.34
3:41PM
2.28
4:07AM
2.28
4:16PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
0.65
9:27PM
0.62
9:48AM
0.72
10:03PM
0.68
10:24AM
0.78
10:41PM
0.72
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise-6:39-------6:37-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:25-------8:28--
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
25431131111-112111211121
Temp. °C1011148877777911987877777766
Feels °C (?)6711-4-2-2-4-3-3-3143210-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-1
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Southland

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Mitchell's Bay (moderate winds from the ENE at InvercargillAeroAws 22 km from Mitchell's Bay). No surfable waves

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22 km away, 1 h 44 min ago

24 km/h
ENE
0.0
12.0
Air / Water (°C)
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