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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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	0	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	2.2 SSW	0.5 SW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	14	13	13	12	12	11	20	18	18	16	15	14	8	12	9	10	9
Energy(?)	280	493	398	153	479	214	309	807	308	470	375	721	1350	1265	796	515	808	871	80	1083	2901	1512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 1.76		4:17AM 2.27	4:00PM 1.79		4:25AM 1.89	5:05PM 2.27		5:32AM 2.30	5:44PM 2.29		5:41AM 1.86	5:55PM 1.79		6:21AM 1.83		7:08PM 2.31	7:33AM 2.30		7:57PM 2.29	7:55AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			10:05PM 0.85	10:24AM 0.89		10:08PM 0.25	10:35AM 0.32		10:48PM 0.23	11:40AM 0.82		12:03AM 0.75	11:55AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.24	12:39PM 0.33	1:04PM 0.83	1:31AM 0.81		1:51PM 0.87	2:20AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	10	12	14	12	11	12	11	17	16	14	17	19	15	12	11	10	33	11	9	13
Low °C	10	12	10	11	13	11	11	12	9	14	15	12	15	18	12	12	10	9	32	10	6	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	8	10	13	10	9	10	8	16	15	13	17	19	14	11	8	7	33	9	9	12
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	2.4 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	14	13	13	12	12	11	7	7	18	8	9	14	9	-	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	12	12	20	18	11	16	15	9	14	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.5 SW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	7	3	7	3	5	5	6	7	7	7	-	-	6	8	12	9	10	-

	Sunday 18					Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	536	507	236	210	466	398	451	203	432	129	148	155	486	628	730	780	309	393	420	318	317	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:51PM 2.22				3:48AM 1.87	4:17AM 2.27				4:28PM 2.24				4:25AM 1.89				5:05PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16AM 0.39				9:28PM 0.29				9:55AM 0.35	10:24AM 0.89				10:08PM 0.25				11:01AM 0.85				10:48PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	9	8	8	9	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	13	7	8	7	9	7	6	9	9	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	3	3	8	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	6	6	3	4	4

	Sunday 18	Monday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	660	590	280	280	527	507	507	239	493	212	215	210	466	474	466	420	184	167	171	171	169	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:23PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48AM 0.96												9:28PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	11	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	9	12	10	10	9	10	9	8	8	10	9	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	8