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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	Fri	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	4	1	4	4	3	2	2	1	3	3	0	3	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	14	12	7	8	12	12	14	13	14	8	12
Energy(?)	1050	822	842	1947	1904	946	421	382	176	838	522	196	598	258	1198	1107	554	359	326	316	281	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 2.17	5:27PM 2.00			6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02			8:08AM 1.93		8:13PM 2.05	8:54AM 2.07		10:06PM 2.22	10:41AM 2.20		11:08PM 2.21	11:17AM 1.78		12:04AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44PM 0.00	11:22AM 0.13		11:44PM 0.06	11:40AM 0.12		1:11AM 0.73		1:28PM 0.27	9:48PM -0.00		2:09PM 0.39	2:37AM 0.30		3:35PM 0.33		4:20AM 0.89	4:13PM 0.42		4:56AM 0.30	5:49PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	-	-	7	2
High °C	13	21	14	8	11	12	12	18	16	11	10	10	9	13	14	11	14	12	11	16	12	9
Low °C	12	18	14	7	11	12	11	17	14	9	9	9	8	12	13	10	13	11	10	14	10	6
Chill °C (?)	10	21	12	6	9	10	11	18	16	8	9	7	6	10	12	9	14	11	10	15	11	6
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	6	6	12	7	12	13	12	8	8	14	13	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	-	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 E
Period (s)	17	10	16	9	-	-	-	6	12	9	16	12	7	7	14	-	12	12	7	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.4 NE	1.2 SSW	-	0.5 NE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	-	-	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 WSW	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	4	16	-	3	5	6	-	-	10	7	6	6	7	8	12	-	8	7	3	4	5

	Fri	Saturday 08									Sunday 09							Monday 10
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	7:30AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	10:30PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	5	1	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 S	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	17	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1625	2273	2352	2389	1513	2555	1149	3420	3185	320	2310	1411	1390	1253	1430	552	441	521	506	686	305	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- 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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 2.17				5:27PM 2.00				5:44AM 2.37				6:50PM 2.42					7:30AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 0.00				11:22AM 0.13				8:59PM -0.07				12:00PM 0.24				12:25AM 0.15	1:11AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	12	21	17	9	9	13	8	8	10	12	11	11	11	12	11	13	15	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	9	21	16	7	8	11	7	6	9	10	8	8	8	11	9	12	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	6	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	18	10	10	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	17	4	-	-	-	4	-	8	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Friday 07					Saturday 08
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	9:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	2:30AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	5	1	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 S	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	1345	1572	1625	1950	1070	2273	707	2372	2352	1054	2439	1558	1692	1692	2286	935	947	2194	946	2930	1149	1128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:04AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)				10:44PM 0.00	8:32PM -0.05												11:48AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	13	15	14	16	15	12	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	17	20	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	16	10	15	13	16	14	9	14	13	15	16	18	19	20	16	20	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	19	10	6	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.5 NE	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	13	-	5	-	-	13	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-