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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	Tue		Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	7
Energy(?)	879	799	396	341	220	275	237	2460	1941	1277	203	2174	2243	1654	947	583	428	261	230	144	188	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:35PM 1.77	11:33AM 2.24		11:26PM 2.07	12:39PM 2.27		1:16AM 2.35	12:55PM 2.12	1:13PM 1.87	2:16AM 2.41		2:08PM 1.96	2:41AM 2.11		2:59PM 2.02		4:03AM 2.50	4:20PM 2.50		4:50AM 2.51	4:35PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	4:45PM 0.95		5:18AM 1.00	5:51PM 0.92		6:27AM 0.98	6:25PM 0.22		6:44AM 0.34		8:00PM 0.75	7:59AM 0.20		8:18PM 0.05	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.53	10:58AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	10	16	18	18	19	15	12	15	16	12	16	17	12	17	17	15	18	19	14	19	22
Low °C	12	8	13	16	15	17	14	11	13	15	9	13	16	10	14	16	14	16	15	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	11	10	16	18	18	19	14	9	14	15	11	16	16	11	17	17	15	18	19	14	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	9:21	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	2.5 SW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	7	12	12	10	12	10	8	12	11	12	12	11	6	11	11	6	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	14	13	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	12	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 W	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	11	-	11	12	-	-	4	6	-	3	5	5	7

	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	8	8	12	18	12	12	11	12	12	12	7	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	879	1090	683	532	541	378	512	259	288	288	254	220	286	706	927	1282	237	373	501	2477	3535	5026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:04PM 2.26				11:33AM 2.24				11:46PM 1.85				12:12PM 1.78					1:16AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 0.35				5:18AM 1.00				5:24PM 0.30				6:02AM 0.34				6:58PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	10	9	9	8	14	15	16	17	16	15	17	18	18	14	14	15	13	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	9	9	8	6	14	15	16	16	16	15	17	18	18	12	12	14	11	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	11	12	16	12	12	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	13	11	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	16	16	11	11	15	12	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	12	6	7	8	12	12	12

	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	971	1354	879	866	963	781	1022	712	820	890	622	799	791	731	724	677	380	378	343	343	343	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:35PM 1.77	11:04PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				4:45PM 0.95												4:58AM 0.38	5:18AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	16
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	11	12	10	11	10	11	9	10	9	9	7	7	6	6	7	8	9	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	11	14	11	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-