Catlins Surf

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

	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	2	5	0	6	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	14	18	16	16	15	17	16	15	13	10	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy	2645	2350	1227	1350	1514	1603	790	13468	5606	3472	1470	807	4408	5780	3712	1575	3059	4954	5236	4307	3664	3353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:05AM 1.86		12:19PM 2.27	12:43AM 2.22		1:34PM 2.12	2:27AM 2.47		2:29PM 2.18	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		4:16AM 2.50	4:20PM 2.18		5:11AM 2.48	4:58PM 2.38		5:37AM 1.98		6:12PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 0.15		6:33PM 0.20	7:11AM 0.07		8:23PM 0.78	8:07AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		9:20PM 0.12	10:35AM 0.57		10:16PM 0.14	11:30AM 0.59		11:35PM 0.14	11:58AM 0.06		12:32AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	1	1	-	-	7	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	10	12	15	11	10	9	8	7	9	10	9	8	10	9	9	7	8	9	14
Low °C	7	7	8	9	11	12	11	10	8	5	4	7	8	9	7	9	9	8	4	4	8	11
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	8	10	14	9	7	6	8	4	7	7	6	5	6	6	5	4	5	7	12
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.1 SE	2.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	12	16	15	17	16	15	13	10	13	13	19	12	13	-	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.6 S	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	21	20	18	16	4	5	-	-	12	10	14	-	13	13	12	14	-	-	-	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 W	0.5 W	4.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	3	-	4	3	3	4	6	-	-	-	4	7	13	13	12	6	3	13	-	-	4	5

	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	18	12	16	12	16	14	14	15	15	18	17	16
Energy	2532	2645	1055	2334	2350	2181	1227	1280	1217	1350	1176	1766	1514	1468	1603	1624	1956	790	1454	10356	13468	3792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off
Tide State	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:36AM 2.38				12:19PM 2.27				12:43AM 2.22				1:34PM 2.12				2:27AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)					6:17AM 0.15				6:33PM 0.20				7:11AM 0.07				7:47PM 0.13				8:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	7	7	10	9	8	9	10	9	10	11	12	15	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	9	4	4	8	7	6	7	8	7	8	9	10	14	11	8	8	8	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	15	15	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 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	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	4	4	5	6	8	6	-	-

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	2147	2305	2532	2532	2501	2645	2614	1096	1055	1041	2385	2334	2333	2380	2350	2184	2184	2181	2222	2061	1227	1199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:05AM 1.86												12:37PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)													6:17AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	9	8	6	4	4	4	4	6	7	8	8	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4