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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

	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	2	5	4	3	0	4	4	1	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	18	16	15	14	16	15	14	18	16	16	15	17	16	16	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	12
Energy	1457	1944	1330	1792	1103	2350	2135	1416	1710	1738	665	9149	3771	3531	1910	566	435	1703	1470	1264	475	2688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90		12:36AM 2.38		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22		1:34PM 2.12	2:27AM 2.47		2:12PM 2.45	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		3:45AM 2.06	4:20PM 2.18		5:11AM 2.48	5:16PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	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		8:23PM 0.78	7:49AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		10:09PM 0.71	10:01AM -0.03		10:37PM 0.11	11:30AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	14	14	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	15	11	10	10	8	7	11	11	9	9	8	9	8
Low °C	13	10	9	9	9	7	8	8	10	14	11	10	8	5	5	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	12	13	8	9	9	8	8	7	10	14	10	7	7	8	5	8	8	6	6	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	18	16	15	14	16	15	14	13	12	16	15	17	16	16	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	-	1.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	14	10	10	18	12	21	20	18	16	4	6	-	16	12	11	12	13	7	19	18	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 NW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	3	4	5	6	-	6	-	3	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	18	13
Energy	1457	2336	1914	1944	800	1623	1330	1107	1792	1185	2511	1103	1055	2066	2350	2297	2135	1183	1217	1416	1419	1781
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:10PM 1.79				11:40AM 1.90					12:36AM 2.38				12:37PM 2.02				12:43AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		5:00PM 0.29				5:23AM 0.24				5:37PM 0.26					6:17AM 0.15				6:33PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	12	11	9	9	10	11	10	9	10	10	9	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	10	9	7	7	8	9	8	7	9	9	7	4	8	8	6	6	5	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	18	9	12	12	12	11	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 NW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	6	4	5	6	6	6	3	-	-	4	6	6	-	4	-	3	3	3

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	14	15	18	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy	1595	1042	1457	2369	2487	2336	2070	1986	1914	2013	1970	1944	1920	1891	800	1820	1796	1623	1601	1357	1330	1312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												11:10PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					5:00PM 0.29													5:23AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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