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 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	7	11	12	11	11	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	302	310	2462	1447	1161	945	569	2623	899	979	251	622	351	856	6003	2813	2768	1926	1777	1291	1362	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 1.78		1:16AM 2.35		1:41PM 2.33	2:16AM 2.41		2:08PM 1.96	2:41AM 2.11		2:59PM 2.02			3:48PM 2.05		4:17AM 2.13	4:35PM 2.04		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		6:16AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 0.22		7:34AM 0.91		8:00PM 0.75	8:33AM 0.81		8:18PM 0.05	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53	10:28AM 0.10		11:22PM 0.55	11:43AM 0.68		12:07AM 0.62	12:26PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	12	16	17	11	16	18	14	16	15	16	17	11	12	14	16	14	17	15	13	21
Low °C	14	15	9	13	16	9	12	17	10	15	14	15	12	10	11	13	16	12	15	15	12	17
Chill °C (?)	19	15	9	15	16	10	16	18	12	15	14	16	16	7	9	11	14	12	17	14	12	21
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 E	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	13	12	13	13	12	11	9	12	8	9	9	9	13	10	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	10	10	-	-	9	14	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	-	2.4 SW	1.3 W	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.7 NW	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	6	12	-	11	10	-	12	5	-	4	-	12	7	11	12	11	11	4	-	9	4

	Thursday 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	856	765	310	435	755	2295	3311	4246	1447	1323	1161	1415	889	945	1276	1282	1718	3052	2623	4597	4110	3340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:12PM 1.78					1:16AM 2.35				1:13PM 1.87				2:16AM 2.41				2:39PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)				6:58PM 0.85					7:03AM 0.28				7:23PM 0.13				7:59AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	16	15	13	11	10	9	13	16	17	15	11	9	9	9	13	16	18	17	15	13
Chill °C (?)	16	11	15	13	11	9	8	7	12	15	16	15	10	7	7	7	12	16	18	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	11	11	11	13	8	10	12	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	11	15	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	-	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	4	5	6	8	12	12	12	11	-	-	11	11	-	10	10	5	5	12	12	12	12	12

	Thursday 29																Friday 30
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	764	768	302	302	286	286	286	1696	1696	1666	2083	435	2190	2093	755	2393	2325	2295	2372	2385	3311	3274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:39PM 2.27													1:16AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)												6:58PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	17	15	14	14	16	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	16	13	12	12	14	16	14	14	13	12	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	14	10	15	10	10	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	5	5	6	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12