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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	0	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	13	7	8	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	6	20	18	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	299	240	222	439	846	766	3684	2739	1509	4239	4144	2007	874	493	86	460	785	1265	2438	1842	338	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38			7:13AM 2.04		8:06PM 1.81	8:34AM 1.71		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69		7:44PM 0.78	10:57AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.20		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77		1:28PM 0.79	1:08AM 0.34		1:34PM 0.37	2:34AM 0.38		3:22PM 0.91	3:42AM 0.42		4:09PM 0.35		4:51AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	4	1	-	-	10	2	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	18	19	15	13	12	10	15	17	12	14	14	12	17	20	17	16	15	12	17	16	13	11
Low °C	13	18	10	12	11	10	12	14	10	13	14	10	13	20	12	13	15	10	14	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	19	14	10	9	7	15	16	10	12	12	11	16	20	17	15	14	11	17	16	13	9
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	14	15	13	12	11	16	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	6	20	18	13	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	15	7	7	14	-	14	10	8	7	10	9	8	7	8	8	15	11	16	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.8 SW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 ENE	2.4 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.9 NE	0.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	6	7	7	8	5	10	7	14	14	-	-	4	2	6	5	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	7:30PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	5	4	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	7	7	15	15	15	13	12	12	7	7	7	13	13	16	15	15	16	12	15
Energy(?)	659	258	240	433	466	222	246	261	439	581	747	1116	1165	817	3566	3248	821	3343	2739	2272	199	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	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	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:17PM 2.42				5:42AM 2.42				5:11PM 2.21				5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89	5:07PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)		11:12AM 0.71				11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71				11:26PM 0.17				12:09PM 0.23				12:35AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	18	19	18	15	12	12	10	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	15	17	14	24	10
Chill °C (?)	11	18	19	18	14	12	10	7	9	10	9	7	6	6	7	8	9	15	16	13	24	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	7	14	7	7	15	15	7	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	8	15	15	16	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	14	7	14	12	7	9	15	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	16	10	8	8	3	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	4	5	6	7	7	6	2	3	7	8	8	7	7	7	13	13	-	5	10	4	-	7

	Thursday 19																Friday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	1:30AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	5	4	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	16	15	7	15	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	828	373	299	285	283	258	257	193	240	240	206	538	265	283	440	426	415	440	623	579	669	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:17PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)					11:12AM 0.71											11:00PM 0.12	11:37PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	13	13	13	14	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	17	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	13	16	18	19	19	19	18	18	13	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	10	16	8
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	7	7	7	14	8	8	9	12	12	7	9	9	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.5 SE	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	4	6