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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	14	8	9	10	10	11	12	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	14	14	13	16	15
Energy(?)	521	91	564	1907	2655	1694	1269	824	517	718	1080	1184	1013	1463	2290	1715	921	1091	529	833	314	361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 1.81		12:01PM 1.91	12:20AM 1.86		1:14PM 2.32	1:32AM 2.35		1:59PM 2.36	2:14AM 2.39		2:08PM 1.94	2:53AM 2.41		3:16PM 2.40	2:45AM 2.17	3:02AM 1.89	3:04PM 2.12		4:06AM 2.40	4:24PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)	5:16PM 0.33		5:37AM 0.22		6:07PM 0.28	7:00AM 0.76		7:26PM 0.82	7:46AM 0.72		8:08PM 0.77	7:34AM 0.17		8:47PM 0.76	9:08AM 0.74		8:31PM 0.25	9:09AM 0.22		10:01PM 0.83	10:22AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	10	7	6	8	8	6	12	14	12	15	15	11	15	15	11	14	15	12	10	10
Low °C	12	9	9	6	4	4	8	4	7	13	8	12	13	8	11	12	8	12	14	9	10	8
Chill °C (?)	11	10	6	2	1	6	5	6	10	13	9	14	14	9	15	14	10	14	15	12	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	9	14	12	9	10	10	11	12	17	16	8	8	14	14	13	12	14	14	13	5	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	7	12	10	10	16	15	13	19	12	9	15	15	10	10	-	7	4	7	6	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.3 NW	1.1 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.9 NE	2.0 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	2	8	8	9	-	-	3	4	4	6	8	4	5	-	9	-	7	4	5	-	5

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	15	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	521	480	331	302	394	171	564	1161	1647	1316	1127	1610	3596	1496	1235	1003	1400	1551	1042	843	662	541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)				11:29PM 1.81					12:25PM 2.28				12:20AM 1.86				12:32PM 2.17				1:32AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.33					6:07AM 0.83				6:38PM 0.89				7:00AM 0.76				6:34PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	8	10	8	6	6	5	4
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	8	7	7	5	5	2	1	0	1	2	1	2	7	10	6	6	4	2	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	9	14	15	16	15	15	17	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	1.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	7	8	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	16	16	12	15	14	13	5	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	2	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	13	12	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	544	525	521	521	480	145	146	63	64	64	95	185	302	75	70	77	280	581	829	564	564	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:11PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)						5:42PM 0.96												5:37AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	5	5	4	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	13	12	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	9	7	7	7	9	11	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	6	2	2	2	6	6	6	8	8	8