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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	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	13	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	922	859	5599	4342	1922	12046	6839	6496	4602	1445	1413	2483	1239	752	794	437	284	534	586	1072	4335	1383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:50PM 1.85		1:04AM 2.17		1:39PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.96		2:49PM 2.43	3:15AM 2.42		3:06PM 1.95	3:11AM 2.21		3:29PM 2.22	3:49AM 2.17	4:31AM 2.44	4:08PM 2.18		4:26AM 2.11	4:47PM 2.12		5:42AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		6:58PM 0.17		7:09AM 0.27		7:47PM 0.13	7:53AM 0.21		9:04PM 0.69	8:53AM 0.16		8:55PM 0.15	9:14AM 0.19		9:35PM 0.20	10:43AM 0.79		10:15PM 0.27	10:32AM 0.30		10:55PM 0.37	11:58AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	11	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	2	-
High °C	15	18	14	13	13	11	11	11	10	14	18	15	20	21	19	19	21	17	12	10	10	13
Low °C	13	15	11	13	12	7	10	10	6	8	16	13	16	19	17	17	19	12	11	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	14	18	14	10	10	7	8	8	8	14	18	14	20	21	19	19	21	16	12	8	8	12
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	16	16	16	11	11	14	14	10	13	12	12	11	13	12	12	13	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	12	8	12	11	-	-	10	10	14	14	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	5	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.5 W	1.6 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	5	8	14	14	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29							Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	790	966	537	657	1143	1910	4366	2221	2628	5324	4852	3891	6834	6939	8223	5318	10816	8260	6839	5562	4709	9085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:33PM 2.10					1:45AM 2.34				1:23PM 2.17				1:50AM 2.21				2:08PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38AM 0.27				6:58PM 0.17					7:27AM 0.21				7:30PM 0.16				7:53AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	7	6	5	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	15	19	16	15	13	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	8	8	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	15	19	16	15	12	10	9	11	10	8	8	7	3	3	5	6	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	9	13	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	7	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	14

	Sunday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	18	18	18	17	17	17
Energy(?)	944	870	429	468	966	966	550	496	478	1028	786	657	751	775	826	863	1807	1899	1899	4366	4366	1917
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												12:33PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)						6:38AM 0.27												6:42PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	3	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	15	16	17	17	15	16	16	15	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	13	13	13	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	6	6	8	8	13	18	18	18	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	9	9	3	9	9	9	6	9	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-