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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	Sat	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	2	0	3	2	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	6	6	7	7	11	7	8	8	7	14	13	13	9	9	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1852	2032	1110	442	439	401	294	684	235	393	309	1780	711	187	320	555	1056	442	337	521	488	1903
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		6:44AM 2.26		7:29PM 1.86	8:08AM 1.93		8:13PM 2.05	9:14AM 1.86		10:06PM 2.22	10:41AM 2.20		11:08PM 2.21	11:40AM 2.20		11:42PM 1.74	12:32PM 2.21		12:32AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	11:44PM 0.06	12:24PM 0.20		12:46AM 0.13		1:04PM 0.33	1:52AM 0.20		2:43PM 0.94	2:37AM 0.30		3:35PM 0.33		4:20AM 0.89	4:50PM 1.01		5:19AM 0.92	5:49PM 1.00		6:13AM 0.94	6:13PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	13	12	19	17	11	13	11	11	13	16	12	13	14	10	14	10	9	12	13	10
Low °C	8	10	12	11	16	13	8	12	11	9	13	14	10	12	13	9	9	9	7	9	13	9
Chill °C (?)	7	12	11	11	19	17	8	12	9	9	10	14	11	12	13	8	13	7	5	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	6	6	6	12	12	11	13	12	8	7	7	13	9	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	18	7	15	14	7	8	12	12	14	9	13	14	11	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	-	1.2 ENE	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	7	3	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	7	8	4	4	-	8	3	4	6	3	7	11

	Sat	Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	11	10	6	7	7	12
Energy(?)	3017	2653	2316	2063	1390	1253	1632	1387	515	627	970	795	439	324	401	170	111	107	444	301	684	649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:02AM 2.10				6:26PM 1.93					7:30AM 2.41				7:53PM 2.33				8:08AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 0.06				12:00PM 0.24				12:25AM 0.15					1:42PM 0.89				1:52AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	9	10	13	13	11	11	12	12	13	16	19	18	13	11	10	8	8	12	13
Chill °C (?)	7	8	6	7	10	13	11	8	8	11	10	11	16	19	18	11	8	8	6	6	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	10	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	10	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	2	4	6	7	7	7

	Saturday 08	Sunday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3232	3232	3017	2886	2129	1852	2534	2350	963	1638	2172	2063	822	820	805	713	708	708	1886	656	1632	1607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												6:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)					11:23PM 0.07													12:43PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	16	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	11	12	15	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	-	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	7	7	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4