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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 E	1.9 E	2.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	14	13	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	6	7	7	14	8	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1916	682	1651	1036	449	798	761	648	795	3802	1446	1051	552	394	584	989	882	573	947	955	429	735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	on	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 2.44		3:29PM 2.22		4:06AM 1.90	4:26PM 1.91		4:26AM 2.11	5:27PM 2.41		5:42AM 2.36	5:28PM 2.04		6:06AM 1.68	6:11PM 1.95		6:51AM 1.60		7:29PM 2.19	7:42AM 1.53		8:16PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		9:14AM 0.19		9:54PM 0.18	10:12AM 0.21		11:04PM 0.84	10:32AM 0.30		11:17PM 0.34	11:58AM 0.93		12:02AM 0.43	12:19PM 0.44		12:51AM 0.52		1:09PM 0.52	1:42AM 1.17		2:04PM 0.58	2:43AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	22	17	18	20	18	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	15	15	14	17	17	13
Low °C	14	16	19	15	15	18	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	11	13	14	11
Chill °C (?)	16	20	22	17	18	20	18	11	11	11	9	8	8	9	9	11	15	14	14	17	17	13
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	11	14	13	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	8	8	9	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	12	10	14	14	13	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 E	2.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	8	4	5	6	7	7	-	-	3	-	-	8

	Wed	Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	12	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1091	1254	1122	1352	1182	1243	1355	1791	1019	1036	603	500	601	740	613	906	871	761	178	443	648	753
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:11AM 2.21													4:26PM 1.91				4:45AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	9:46PM 0.71				9:32AM 0.17									10:12AM 0.21				10:34PM 0.25				10:52AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	14	16	21	22	19	19	17	18	15	16	19	20	18	17	17	12	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	14	16	21	22	19	19	17	18	14	16	19	20	18	17	17	10	8	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	11	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	3	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 01	Thursday 02
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	11	11	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1156	1515	1457	1960	1929	1916	939	1143	904	1509	814	915	1352	1182	838	1164	1226	1243	898	1699	1651	1575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:54AM 2.44												3:46PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		8:55PM 0.15													9:14AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	18	19	21	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	13	13	15	14	18	19	21	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.6 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	4	4