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Purakaunui Bay surf break

Purakaunui Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Purakaunui Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Purakaunui Bay sea temperature is
12.8° C
 (Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Purakaunui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Purakaunui Bay at 6AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)6ft (1.9m)14s

Table - waves today at Purakaunui Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141415151514141414141414151616151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1363116310339249651108123714131505133612621152124411861255143217421880115411711836176215911326
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
0
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
S
10
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		offoffcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
1.82
3:28PM
1.75
3:52AM
1.83
4:07PM
1.73
4:31AM
1.81
4:47PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.33
9:17AM
0.38
9:31PM
0.35
9:59AM
0.41
10:12PM
0.37
10:42AM
0.44
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:50----
Sunset-------9:00-------9:01-------9:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1332---------
Temp. °C12111112192118191819171210911121199913131313
Feels °C (?)10981016181518161614106588866610101012
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