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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	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	453	347	418	699	322	401	836	1388	943	738	691	633	1078	917	415	999	734	584	477	388	286	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 2.04		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		5:47AM 1.98	6:33PM 2.43		6:32AM 1.88	6:53PM 1.81		7:18AM 1.76		8:04PM 2.28	8:23AM 2.22		8:12PM 1.84	8:37AM 1.78		9:37PM 1.56	10:03AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 0.65		10:48PM 0.01	11:43AM 0.68		12:07AM 0.62	12:01PM 0.18		12:22AM 0.18	12:47PM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	2:22AM 0.99		2:44PM 1.06	2:31AM 0.61		2:58PM 0.62	3:54AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	5	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	10	15	13	14	17	19	20	14	15	12	19	18	15	12	11	11	12	12	13	14
Low °C	11	12	8	12	12	12	14	18	13	12	14	10	16	17	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	14	12	13	17	19	20	13	14	10	19	18	15	11	11	10	10	10	12	14
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	8	12	10	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 S	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	10	11	10	12	10	10	10	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	3	4	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	11	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2447	1635	1188	452	347	228	580	229	640	757	699	664	629	606	274	263	264	549	672	1035	1388	1274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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)		4:17AM 2.13				5:05PM 2.51				5:03AM 2.07				5:21PM 1.99				5:30AM 2.25				6:06PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				10:58AM 0.65				11:22PM 0.55				11:14AM 0.12				12:07AM 0.62				11:39AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	8	12	15	16	15	12	12	12	12	14	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	8	6	11	11	11	12	10	9	7	7	12	14	16	15	11	11	11	11	14	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	8	11	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	10	10	14	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	10	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	4

	Tuesday 03
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	359	1596	1890	2459	2454	619	1541	590	1188	1189	1032	1018	945	861	347	347	228	401	341	355	580	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:50AM 2.51													5:05PM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)										10:28AM 0.10												10:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-