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Papatowai Surf Forecast / Catlins / New Zealand

29 km away, 1 h 24 min ago

How big are the waves at Papatowai today?
The current surf forecast for Papatowai at 6PM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 8.
Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (05 Jul) | 13ft (4.0m) | 16s |
Afternoon (05 Jul) | 16ft (5.0m) | 14s |
Evening (05 Jul) | 20ft (6.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Papatowai. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 05 | Wednesday 06 | Thursday 07 | Friday 08 | Saturday 09 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tuesday 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 8265 | 7147 | 9849 | 10112 | 14220 | 15478 | 15581 | 14651 | 12618 | 10449 | 9185 | 8986 | 8200 | 7237 | 6896 | 6211 | 5243 | 4732 | 3917 | 3314 | 2731 | 2186 | 1751 | 1379 | 590 | 615 | 788 | 820 | 1494 | 1931 | 2451 | 2486 | 2448 | 1798 | 1450 | 906 | 588 | 601 | 580 | 505 | 481 | 581 | 581 | 581 | 721 | 671 | 777 | 681 | 651 | 632 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 495 | 495 | 642 | 642 | 732 | 920 | 692 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:39AM 1.60 | 7:07PM 1.67 | 7:26AM 1.60 | 7:54PM 1.66 | 8:16AM 1.62 | 8:45PM 1.67 | 9:10AM 1.67 | 9:39PM 1.70 | 10:08AM 1.75 | 10:35PM 1.75 | 11:06AM 1.85 | 11:32PM 1.81 | 12:04PM 1.96 | 12:28AM 1.89 | 1:02PM 2.07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:50PM 0.46 | 1:20AM 0.51 | 1:37PM 0.47 | 2:07AM 0.50 | 2:29PM 0.46 | 2:58AM 0.47 | 3:25PM 0.43 | 3:52AM 0.40 | 4:23PM 0.37 | 4:48AM 0.32 | 5:22PM 0.30 | 5:44AM 0.21 | 6:20PM 0.22 | 6:41AM 0.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Long Point which is 8 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Papatowai.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 05 | Wednesday 06 | Thursday 07 | Friday 08 | Saturday 09 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tuesday 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
Summary | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Chill °C (?) | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Sunrise | 8:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | 5:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:12 | - |
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