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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	Tue		Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tue
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	10	11	11	13
Energy(?)	319	297	654	265	1800	725	619	500	404	291	209	207	171	357	639	281	213	242	380	561	1062	1250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:36AM 2.16	12:37PM 1.59		12:48AM 1.87		1:05PM 1.85	1:33AM 1.94		2:31PM 2.18	2:58AM 2.22		2:45PM 1.72	3:10AM 1.84		3:51PM 2.22		4:17AM 2.27	4:28PM 2.24		4:55AM 2.29	5:05PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	5:49PM 0.51		6:19AM 0.55	6:20PM 0.57		7:07AM 0.53		7:06PM 0.52	7:52AM 0.49		8:46PM 0.99	10:36AM 0.11		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		10:05PM 0.85	10:24AM 0.89		10:44PM 0.80	11:01AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	15	21	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	13	14	10	14	14
Low °C	15	11	12	19	10	10	12	12	11	12	10	11	12	10	11	11	8	11	13	8	11	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	21	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	11	11	12	8	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	9:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	8	7	7	12	11	11	8	9	10	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	16	18	8	8	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.7 SE	-	-	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	4	-	4	-	-	4	5	6	6	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-

	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14									Thursday 15							Friday 16
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	10:30PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	437	634	508	297	317	502	514	722	1032	532	656	679	1902	1897	1790	717	619	592	510	500	489	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:57PM 1.82				12:17PM 1.80					1:07AM 1.67				1:46PM 2.16				2:14AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 1.15				6:19AM 0.55					7:13PM 1.12				7:07AM 0.53				8:02PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	14	13	13	11	11	12	13	15	12	11	15	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	14	12	12	9	10	11	12	14	10	10	13	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	9	10	9	9	9	16	16	10	9	9	-	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	10	4	4	-	4	3	3	-	-	13	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	5	6

	Tuesday 13	Wed	Tue	Wednesday 14
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	10:30PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 SW	1.3 W	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	5	10	5	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	382	172	437	319	273	224	273	260	508	183	187	341	441	485	447	166	156	185	185	191	228	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					5:31PM 0.60													6:44AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	14	17	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	11	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	15	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	13	13	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	1.0 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	8	8	5	6	5	5	10	-	4	5	5	5	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-