Catlins Surf

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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	3	2	3	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 E	0.9 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 E	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	13	13	12	13	10	13	13	12	11	10	18	16	16	14	14	14	6	13	8	12
Energy(?)	1128	1578	1391	345	915	350	476	684	1799	1743	1505	1594	1426	1607	1299	844	261	179	481	481	678	2463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:20PM 1.88	1:47AM 2.00		2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		2:53PM 1.79	3:17AM 1.90		3:29PM 1.85	3:54AM 1.94	4:26AM 2.36	4:38PM 2.38		4:32AM 1.95	4:46PM 1.91		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 0.45	8:06AM 0.41		8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		8:59PM 0.22	9:24AM 0.27		9:38PM 0.15	10:33AM 0.74		10:56PM 0.66	10:42AM 0.20		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	13	14	12	15	17	13	14	14	12	14
Low °C	14	13	9	11	12	10	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	13	11	14	15	12	12	11	10	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	11	12	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	12	12	10	15	17	10	12	13	10	12
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	12	9	10	9	13	12	11	10	8	16	16	14	8	7	13	13	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	9	8	9	9	13	12	13	12	11	12	20	18	10	9	8	14	6	7	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.3 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SW	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	8	3	-	3	6	6	7	8	12

	Saturday 14							Sunday 15								Monday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	9	13	13
Energy(?)	1158	581	605	1203	1578	1593	1471	1391	1262	1121	1030	934	350	332	363	831	824	444	476	482	684	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 1.71				1:38PM 1.66				2:03AM 1.78				2:44PM 2.19				2:41AM 1.85				3:22PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07AM 0.58				7:38PM 0.39				8:06AM 0.41				8:59PM 0.85				9:19AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	14	14	13	11	10	9	9	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	13	13	12	11	9	8	7	11	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	13	13	10	10	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	9	10	13	12	12	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	4	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1256	405	405	1070	906	917	915	1120	1128	1204	1214	1203	743	832	544	1527	1508	556	550	544	536	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 1.71													2:02PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)							7:25AM 0.49													8:17PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	12	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	11	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	10	10	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	9	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	8	8	15	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-