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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	13	12	12	12	21	19
Energy(?)	826	712	497	385	257	195	254	557	348	292	456	383	121	403	635	340	995	257	467	490	530	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 1.63	1:51AM 1.74		2:31PM 2.18	2:58AM 2.22		3:13PM 2.20	3:39AM 2.24		3:51PM 2.22	3:48AM 1.87	4:17AM 2.27	4:28PM 2.24		4:55AM 2.29	5:05PM 2.27		5:32AM 2.30	5:44PM 2.29		6:10AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 0.45	8:28AM 1.11		8:46PM 0.99	9:10AM 1.03		9:27PM 0.92	9:48AM 0.96		9:28PM 0.29	10:24AM 0.89		10:44PM 0.80	11:01AM 0.85		11:22PM 0.76	11:40AM 0.82		12:03AM 0.75	12:20PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	13	10	12	14	11	12	13	12	16	18	14	12
Low °C	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	9	10	12	9	11	13	10	12	12	9	14	18	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	11	8	10	13	10	11	11	10	16	18	14	10
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	7	8	12	8	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	13	8	12	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	5	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	14	7	9	12	8	11	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-

	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1926	1871	1790	776	712	569	565	497	486	402	385	717	257	231	227	195	229	241	254	232	239	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.67				1:46PM 2.16				2:14AM 2.20				2:31PM 2.18				2:58AM 2.22				3:13PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07AM 0.53				8:02PM 1.06				8:28AM 1.11				8:46PM 0.99				9:10AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	9	8	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	5	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 15
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1821	1848	1926	739	735	735	735	825	826	782	776	1617	765	679	712	707	615	569	564	569	565	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.67												1:46PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)							7:40AM 1.17													8:02PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5