Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	0	5	5	8	7	0	9	3	3	2	5	5	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	7	13	12	12	12	6	10	8	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	14
Energy	430	237	293	233	285	549	1032	359	3243	3837	10350	11124	7296	12953	3563	3176	2782	4368	4253	6126	3854	2574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:41PM 2.18		5:41AM 1.60	5:49PM 1.90	6:09PM 1.68	6:24AM 1.57		7:07PM 2.12	7:09AM 1.55		7:39PM 1.63	7:58AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.64	9:19AM 2.17		9:01PM 1.89	9:45AM 1.68		10:14PM 1.72	10:42AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 0.58	11:59AM 0.46		12:33AM 0.52		12:46PM 0.47	1:21AM 1.07		1:52PM 1.01	2:06AM 0.50		2:03PM 0.51	2:53AM 0.46	3:08AM 1.06	2:55PM 0.46		3:42AM 0.40	4:06PM 0.35		4:32AM 0.33	5:00PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	14	15	11	11	11	8	10	12	13	12	10	8	9	11	11	13	14	12	13	12
Low °C	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	11	12	11	9	6	6	10	10	11	12	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	14	10	8	8	4	7	10	10	9	6	4	6	8	8	11	13	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	0.2 ESE	3.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	11	8	8	20	18	17	14	16	12	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	8	15	15	10	9	15	-	14	-	12	-	24	16	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.7 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	5.0 SW	2.4 WSW	5.0 SW	-	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	3	3	4	6	10	8	10	3	6	16	7	16	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	4	0	0	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	7	7	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	11	6	7	10	9	8	8	8	9
Energy	430	348	226	237	237	285	293	308	233	229	221	285	311	186	549	552	1032	232	361	359	2134	1934
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
Tide State	-	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:41PM 2.18				5:41AM 1.60					6:09PM 1.68				6:24AM 1.57				7:07PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)				11:22PM 0.58				11:59AM 0.46					12:33AM 0.52				12:46PM 0.47				1:19AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	12	11	12	15	15	12	11	10	11	10	9	11	11	9	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	10	10	11	15	14	11	10	8	9	8	6	8	8	5	4	4	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	9	8	9	8	8	9	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	17	15	8	14	15	23	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	1.2 W	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	7	7	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	10	-	8	8	8	9

	Thursday 04											Friday 05
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay 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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	4	0	0	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	6	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	406	767	430	432	414	348	388	385	226	231	237	237	239	237	237	237	218	285	288	293	293	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:41PM 2.18												5:41AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)												11:22PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3