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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	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	9	7	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	12	11	10	13
Energy(?)	137	676	711	278	1030	569	1250	2326	3628	2627	1391	2429	1605	2934	881	796	784	1434	524	308	423	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 2.03	9:02AM 2.07		9:15PM 1.48	9:49AM 1.59		10:10PM 1.53	11:04AM 2.11		10:43PM 1.84	11:33AM 1.73		11:53PM 1.73	12:22PM 1.83		12:25AM 2.12	12:53PM 2.18		1:15AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		2:17PM 1.16	2:47AM 1.10		3:23PM 0.61	3:38AM 0.54		4:14PM 0.55		4:51AM 1.02	5:20PM 1.05		5:19AM 0.35	5:48PM 0.35		6:07AM 0.24			6:40AM 0.16		7:03PM 0.16	7:28AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	-	-	-	1	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	7	11	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	9	17	17	13	16	17	12	15
Low °C	4	8	5	7	11	9	11	10	7	8	10	8	9	12	8	13	14	11	15	16	10	14
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	8	9	7	8	5	6	6	6	6	11	11	8	16	16	12	16	17	12	14
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.3 NE	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	10	8	9	9	12	12	13	22	20	20	18	11	11	11	8	8	10	12	11	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	16	10	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	8	13	18	18	8	15	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	-	2.4 SW	0.4 N	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	3	7	3	6	7	13	12	12	11	-	11	3	10	10	9	-	5	-	-

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Fri
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	590	731	591	216	460	711	771	831	1085	314	454	996	1814	1845	1845	2113	708	3146	2326	2701	3216	3628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.59				8:19PM 1.48				8:53AM 1.57				9:15PM 1.48								9:48PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			2:17PM 1.16				2:44AM 0.58				3:15PM 1.16				3:38AM 0.54				3:53PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	3
Temp. °C	5	7	8	8	6	7	5	6	7	10	12	10	9	9	10	9	12	12	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	2	4	4	5	2	3	1	2	3	6	10	6	6	6	7	6	10	8	5	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	-	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	11	11	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	12	-	13	13	13	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	10	9	9	10	12	15	7	10	14	11	9	9	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	2.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	10	10	3	6	9	9	9	9	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	3	12	7	7	6	13

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	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	5	8	6	6	6	8	9	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	477	140	137	137	605	599	639	694	676	562	211	278	78	481	460	460	211	491	408	466	423	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.59	8:05AM 2.10												8:19PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)								2:29PM 0.63												2:22AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	1	1	0	2	2	4	3	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	8	16	16	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	8	8	8	12	11	11	16	16	10	9	16	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	10	3	5	6	6	6	6	3	9	8	8	7	8