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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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	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	6	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Energy	8557	9217	6268	3027	1381	1465	1217	938	262	349	184	289	364	229	189	253	532	626	591	241	592	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:45PM 2.33	1:18AM 1.99		2:01PM 1.82	2:42AM 2.30		2:23PM 2.07			3:45PM 2.30		3:55AM 2.24	4:02PM 1.80		4:18AM 1.69	5:02PM 2.22		4:59AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.36	6:40AM 0.38		7:03PM 0.44	7:38AM 0.34		8:38PM 1.03	8:18AM 0.35		9:17PM 1.04	9:00AM 0.37		9:54PM 1.05	10:11AM 0.97		10:15PM 0.46	10:28AM 0.41		11:00PM 0.49	11:13AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	11	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	9	11	9	11	11	9	14	16	14	13	13	11	12	13	12	11	11	9	9
Low °C	10	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	7	11	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	10	10	11	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	8	9	7	11	8	11	10	7	13	16	13	12	13	9	12	13	12	11	11	8	6
Sunrise	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	-	-	4	8	9	5	13	12	13	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	-	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	7	-	2	5	-	-	-	5	6	-	10

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	8408	8113	8557	10038	9217	12779	7103	6268	5431	4886	3027	3259	1381	1846	1213	1465	1317	1180	1217	1045	938	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75				1:45PM 2.33				1:18AM 1.99				2:01PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 0.38					6:40PM 0.36				6:40AM 0.38				7:57PM 1.02				7:38AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	4	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	6	5	6	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Thursday 28
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	7475	7874	8408	8408	8113	8113	8223	8445	8557	8716	10284	10038	9686	9556	9217	9006	14316	12779	12597	12175	7103	7103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													12:38PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)						5:58AM 0.38													6:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	15	13	13	13	-	-