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 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	3	0	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 W	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	8	8	6	12	15	15	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	19	18	16
Energy(?)	214	328	652	872	302	334	1324	1147	1471	1407	394	3057	2519	260	636	205	650	719	517	929	657	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:45PM 1.58	11:45AM 1.73		12:54AM 2.11	12:36PM 1.80		1:06AM 1.91		1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78		2:16PM 1.73	3:09AM 2.25		3:22PM 2.26	3:48AM 2.30		3:13PM 2.13	3:38AM 2.20		4:07PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		5:29AM 0.72	6:38PM 1.13		6:21AM 0.66	6:55PM 0.47		7:25AM 0.49		7:38PM 0.39	8:41AM 0.97		8:59PM 0.85	9:19AM 0.87		9:38PM 0.76	9:24AM 0.27		9:22PM 0.17	9:44AM 0.25		10:18PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	22	20	20	14	15	13	13	13	11	13	13	11	13	13	10	12	12	11	14	13	15
Low °C	13	18	18	15	11	15	11	13	13	8	11	12	10	11	12	10	12	12	8	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	22	20	20	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	9	12	12	9	11	10	11	13	11	15
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	12	8	8	9	12	11	15	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	7	9	13	12	8	9	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	12	11	11	8	12	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	-	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	7	8	2	6	-	-	-	-	5	12	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6

	Wed	Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	12	12	11	16	15	15
Energy(?)	299	214	237	283	328	613	290	713	729	666	639	517	302	692	307	341	1053	500	690	718	1147	1247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 1.76				12:07PM 1.53				12:38AM 1.64					1:14PM 2.10				1:06AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				6:07AM 1.24				6:07PM 0.54				6:40AM 0.56	7:09AM 1.18								7:25AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	13	12	12	18	20	22	18	17	18	16	20	11	14	16	15	13	12	11	10	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	11	18	20	22	17	16	17	15	20	8	13	15	14	13	11	9	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 ENE	0.5 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	5	6	13	12	12	12	13	12	8	12	8	8	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	11	10	13	7	9	9	9	9	9	13	8	12	6	13	12	9	10	10	16	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	-	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	2	6	7	6	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	284	195	130	135	214	305	219	356	354	425	279	535	323	310	313	341	621	326	293	329	652	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:22PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	15	17	21	22	22	22	20	22
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	14	16	21	22	22	22	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	6	13	6	6	6	6	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	6	13	14	14	14	9	7	7	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7