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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	3	3	0	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	13	7	7	8	9	11	15	14	13	12	12	14	13	15	13	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	136	223	214	596	392	756	309	574	398	1197	1962	1328	1020	350	390	368	173	1151	802	1008	1007	1281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 1.70		11:59PM 2.09	12:07PM 1.53		12:19AM 1.82			1:06AM 1.91		1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78		2:44PM 2.19	3:09AM 2.25		3:22PM 2.26	3:48AM 2.30		4:00PM 2.32	3:54AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 0.58		5:49AM 0.61	6:07PM 0.54		7:09AM 1.18	6:55PM 0.47		7:07AM 0.58		7:38PM 0.39	8:06AM 0.41		8:59PM 0.85	8:45AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.76	9:56AM 0.79		9:38PM 0.15	10:02AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	14	20	18	20	15	16	13	15	14	11	14	13	11	12	28	11	12	13	12	14
Low °C	12	16	13	17	18	15	11	15	10	14	13	10	13	12	10	11	27	11	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	16	12	20	18	20	13	15	13	14	14	11	13	11	10	11	28	8	10	12	11	13
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	12	11	13	12	8	8	9	11	15	14	13	12	10	9	9	15	13	12	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	11	9	9	13	12	12	10	11	8	8	12	12	14	13	11	12	11	11	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	-	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	-	3	5	6	7	7	3	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	4	-	4	4	-	11	10

	Wednesday 11					Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	6	13	13	12	12	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	11
Energy(?)	246	317	125	303	299	214	231	700	343	326	724	771	721	756	322	513	309	401	318	295	1198	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:08AM 1.50				11:22PM 1.76				11:45AM 1.73				12:54AM 2.11					1:14PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)				5:15PM 0.58				5:49AM 0.61				6:07PM 0.54				6:40AM 0.56	7:09AM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	14	12	14	12	13	18	22	21	19	17	15	15	20	15	11	16	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	12	10	14	11	12	18	22	21	19	16	14	14	20	13	11	16	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ENE	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	11	11	6	13	13	12	12	12	13	8	13	12	8	9	9	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	12	8	8	11	10	6	7	7	9	9	9	13	8	8	12	6	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	4	5	5	6	6	-	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	3	6	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	5	5	6	11	12
Energy(?)	243	371	136	333	341	228	142	328	223	220	303	303	284	131	135	295	164	243	236	226	451	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:08AM 1.50												11:59PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)										4:55PM 0.68	5:15PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	14	15	16	13	16	17	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	14	15	16	11	15	16	16	14	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	10
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	11	11	8	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	5	5	5	5	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	6