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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	Thu	Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	4	0	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	7	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3097	5037	1562	2723	633	1319	1010	375	266	390	230	91	154	4267	7497	5183	3602	1945	1511	1119	912	609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:04AM 2.11		10:43PM 1.84	11:15AM 1.95		11:53PM 1.73	12:05PM 2.07		1:13AM 2.38		1:10PM 1.92	1:32AM 1.99		2:30PM 2.49	2:23AM 2.10		2:48PM 2.05	2:58AM 2.47		3:39PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51AM 1.02	4:43PM 0.55		5:03AM 0.42	5:30PM 0.43		5:51AM 0.28		7:08PM 0.86	6:56AM 0.13		7:19PM 0.13	8:24AM 0.70		8:07PM 0.04	8:36AM 0.01		8:39PM -0.01	9:29AM 0.02		9:49PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	9	11	13	9	14	16	12	19	21	17	11	12	7	12	12	10	20	17	16
Low °C	8	9	10	6	9	12	8	11	15	10	16	19	11	9	10	6	10	12	9	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	6	10	11	7	13	16	12	19	21	16	8	10	4	11	11	10	20	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 SW	1.3 S	1.1 S	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	-	-	12	9	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	14	-	-	13	13	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	22	-	-	18	12	-	8	9	8	18	6	15	5	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	-	-	2.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.9 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	12	-	-	12	-	3	3	4	-	-	7	13	14	-	-	-	4	5	6	4

	Thu	Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3216	1830	4082	3759	3619	3154	4343	2473	4002	4096	4910	1952	1757	554	535	1472	1067	1010	666	837	672	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:48PM 1.75	10:31PM 2.06				10:23AM 1.86				11:29PM 2.15				12:00PM 2.20				11:53PM 1.73				12:22PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				4:12AM 0.54				4:43PM 0.55				5:19AM 0.35				5:48PM 0.35				6:07AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	7	6	9	11	10	12	8	8	8	9	11	15
Chill °C (?)	5	6	5	3	5	6	6	7	6	6	4	3	7	10	8	10	6	6	6	8	11	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	20	-	18	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	-	-	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	0.5 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30	Friday 31
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2997	1551	3216	3119	3097	3097	5593	6689	5712	5772	5311	5302	5302	5698	5534	4959	4842	4765	2981	4454	4343	4122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 1.75													10:42AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)										4:51AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	6	7	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	6	8	8	6	8	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	22	-	-	13	13	-	20	20	20	20	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	22	22	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	0.6 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	7	3	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12