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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	Mon	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	6	8	7	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14
Energy(?)	150	391	779	486	224	1088	695	1229	2128	4094	2693	3043	2055	492	990	740	196	248	310	248	235	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:57AM 1.59		8:19PM 1.48	9:02AM 2.07		9:27PM 2.02	10:03AM 2.07		10:10PM 1.53	10:42AM 1.65		11:02PM 1.61	12:00PM 2.20		11:53PM 1.73	12:22PM 1.83		12:42AM 1.86		1:41PM 2.40	1:15AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	1:51AM 1.09		2:29PM 0.63	2:44AM 0.58		3:15PM 1.16	3:49AM 1.07		4:17PM 1.12		4:30AM 0.46	5:02PM 0.46		5:48AM 0.94	6:16PM 0.96		6:07AM 0.24	6:33PM 0.24		6:56AM 0.13		7:03PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	2	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	6	8	6	9	11	10	12	11	9	10	11	9	12	13	13	16	16	13	18	19	15
Low °C	3	4	7	5	8	11	9	11	10	7	8	10	6	9	13	11	15	15	11	16	18	13
Chill °C (?)	2	2	4	2	5	8	7	8	7	5	6	8	6	11	11	11	15	15	13	18	19	15
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.3 NE	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	2.5 SW	1.1 S	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	7	10	8	8	10	12	12	12	22	20	-	12	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	8	16	10	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	9	8	8	8	7	16	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	0.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	7	9	6	3	7	3	6	7	13	13	12	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	3	4	3

	Mon	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	7	7	10	10	9	8	6	9	9	10	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	203	338	318	361	391	863	660	777	207	486	751	941	742	285	406	3011	2821	2015	1912	2181	654	1570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- 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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 2.08				8:05AM 2.10				8:23PM 2.03				8:53AM 1.57				9:15PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			1:49AM 0.59				2:17PM 1.16				2:44AM 0.58				3:15PM 1.16				3:38AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	4	4	2	4	4	6	8	8	6	5	5	5	8	9	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	2	1	-2	1	0	2	5	5	2	1	2	1	4	5	9	8	5	6	7	7	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	7	9	8	9	8	8	12	11	10	8	8	9	9	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 NE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	13	14	8	-	8	8	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 WNW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 NW	2.2 W
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	10	10	9	2	6	9	9	7	3	4	12	12	6	6	6	3	6

	Monday 27	Tuesday 28
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	248	452	384	379	326	150	146	142	140	262	401	361	424	258	391	521	591	651	694	737	660	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 2.08												7:57AM 1.59	8:05AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)							1:51AM 1.09													2:29PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-1	-1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	7	7	12	11	11	11	10	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	7	7	7	16	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10