Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

Detailed Catlins surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Catlins. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Catlins. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Catlins over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Catlins and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Catlins Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Catlins Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Catlins coastline are also listed below.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	6	5	2	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	16	15	18	16	15	18	16	15	14	13	16	16	14	17	16	16	13	11	12	14	13
Energy	1875	3556	1025	1457	1944	1339	1635	1116	2212	1894	1493	1648	2295	1653	10422	11920	4714	2283	471	4404	2932	2388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:14PM 1.72	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90		12:36AM 2.38		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22		1:34PM 2.12	1:56AM 2.01		3:01PM 2.55	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		4:16AM 2.50	4:52PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	4:06PM 0.35		5:04AM 0.98	4:42PM 0.33		5:23AM 0.24	5:55PM 0.22	6:30PM 0.89	6:17AM 0.15		6:33PM 0.20	7:11AM 0.07		7:47PM 0.13	7:49AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		9:40PM 0.10	10:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	12	10	12	14	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	13	15	11	10	9	11	12	12	10	10	10
Low °C	11	10	12	13	10	9	9	10	7	8	7	10	12	10	9	9	7	11	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	12	9	8	10	9	8	8	6	11	14	8	6	6	8	9	9	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	15	18	16	15	14	16	15	14	13	12	16	14	17	17	16	13	11	-	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	13	12	14	10	10	18	12	21	20	18	16	15	22	-	-	12	9	14	-	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.7 NNW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	-	1.9 W	0.3 W	4.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	7	7	16	-	6	2	12	-	-

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	1875	1070	3145	3556	3450	3163	1025	1682	1457	1063	1914	1944	1996	1857	1339	1107	1635	1173	2594	1116	1108	1042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:14PM 1.72				10:23AM 2.02				11:10PM 1.79				11:40AM 1.90					12:36AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 0.97				4:32AM 0.33				5:32PM 0.94				5:23AM 0.24				5:37PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	13	13	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	10	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	8	8	8	10	9	12	12	9	10	9	8	7	8	10	8	7	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	17	16	16	16	15	14	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	17	13	13	12	12	12	18	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	18	6	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.6 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy	1908	1905	1875	1853	1076	1070	1070	3145	3145	3500	3400	3556	3533	3472	3450	3226	3242	3163	1280	1199	1025	1557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:14PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)					4:35PM 0.97												4:32AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	3