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 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	0	0	6	3	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	4	0	4	2	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	7	7	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	16	12	14
Energy(?)	1435	3867	2611	916	7401	6046	1401	1085	181	167	266	1134	936	2528	1039	1084	368	924	347	370	2657	1422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38		7:06PM 1.85	7:33AM 1.77		8:06PM 1.81	9:00AM 2.25		8:52PM 2.01	9:22AM 1.92		10:28PM 1.79	10:57AM 1.71		11:21PM 2.05	12:05PM 1.78		12:43AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 0.17	12:39PM 0.74		12:35AM 0.22			1:31AM 0.30		1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		2:38PM 0.42	3:19AM 0.50		3:48PM 0.43		4:51AM 0.41	5:15PM 0.31		5:55AM 0.36	6:01PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	10	5	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	11	15	18	12	12	13	12	16	15	15	15	15	12	14	16	13	12	13	11	11	11	10
Low °C	11	12	14	10	12	12	8	12	14	12	13	14	8	12	14	11	11	12	9	10	11	7
Chill °C (?)	8	15	18	9	8	11	9	15	14	14	13	13	10	13	15	13	11	11	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	8	16	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	7	10	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	6	16	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	7	12	7	14	10	10	9	5	9	10	13	12	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	0.4 ENE	1.8 W	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.7 W	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.2 NE	-	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	2.1 SW	-
Period (s)	8	-	10	6	14	13	4	-	3	-	7	7	7	-	-	5	-	5	6	6	12	-

	Fri	Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	13	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	938	1435	1393	2069	954	3177	2611	2286	1990	1484	470	6673	7401	5169	3529	4249	3181	5226	1128	1433	624	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89				6:22AM 2.11					7:06PM 1.85				7:13AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		12:20AM 0.70				12:09PM 0.23				12:35AM 0.22	1:06AM 0.77			12:37PM 0.30					1:08AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	5	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	12	16	17	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	8	12	16
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	9	10	16	16	12	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	8	6	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	13	8	15	15	16	16	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	15	16	16	10	9	8	6	7	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 WNW	1.7 W	0.4 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	5	10	4	3	6	3	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	4	-	-	8

	Friday 20	Saturday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15
Energy(?)	990	890	851	1694	675	1410	1385	3691	3668	3668	1384	1281	1281	1450	1448	3531	3430	3177	1586	2757	1463	2474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:09PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	14	16	16	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	12	13	16	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.5 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	13	13	13	8	7	7	5	5	-	5	5	4	10	-	10