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 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	9	12	5	13	12	8	8	9	12	15	15	13	12	12	13	12	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	332	136	220	243	600	218	584	315	627	963	953	2515	1197	2038	1659	268	392	358	302	603	854	1113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		11:22PM 1.76	11:45AM 1.73		12:54AM 2.11	12:56PM 1.59		1:06AM 1.91		2:02PM 2.14	2:28AM 2.20		2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		2:36PM 2.06	3:48AM 2.30		3:29PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53AM 0.63	5:38PM 1.18		5:29AM 0.72	6:07PM 0.54		6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47		8:00AM 1.08		8:17PM 0.95	8:06AM 0.41		8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.76	9:24AM 0.27		10:16PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	13	13	17	13	20	22	19	20	17	12	12	15	11	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	12
Low °C	11	12	17	12	17	20	16	13	15	10	10	14	10	11	12	10	12	12	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	16	11	20	22	19	20	16	12	10	15	10	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	11	9	12	5	13	12	13	8	9	12	15	15	13	12	7	13	11	11	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	11	8	11	9	9	9	12	8	6	11	8	8	8	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 W	2.0 WSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	6	7	8	3	6	-	3	-	-	12	12	6	5	-	-	-	-	3

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	532	660	350	275	224	311	124	303	299	236	223	297	337	614	638	768	721	330	535	442	415	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.55				11:08AM 1.50				11:22PM 1.76				12:07PM 1.53				12:19AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				4:30AM 0.74				5:15PM 0.58				6:07AM 1.24				6:07PM 0.54				6:40AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	12	12	11	13	15	14	15	12	14	12	12	15	20	20	18	16	18	15	19	19	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	11	13	14	12	14	10	14	11	11	14	20	20	17	15	18	14	18	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	5	6	6	12	12	12	13	8	8	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	5	11	9	9	8	12	8	8	5	10	13	14	9	9	9	9	13	13	8	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	9	-	-	-	2	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	6

	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	536	532	200	344	334	695	243	558	436	301	325	181	138	371	338	333	335	228	140	323	310	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:16PM 1.73													11:08AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)										4:30AM 0.74	5:01AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	13	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	11	15	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	9	5	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	12	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	5	4	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3