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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	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	0	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	1.7 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	15	6	10	10	9	8
Energy(?)	1283	511	1038	324	154	304	387	403	127	208	210	166	143	133	215	272	218	320	1984	957	724	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:17AM 1.95		7:54PM 1.64	8:25AM 1.70		9:20PM 2.21	9:19AM 1.69		9:47PM 1.70	10:19AM 1.71		10:31PM 2.00	11:51AM 2.29		12:23AM 2.36	12:22PM 1.82		12:39AM 2.22		1:21PM 1.90	1:56AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.37		2:01PM 0.44	2:20AM 0.38		2:51PM 0.42	3:43AM 0.92		3:45PM 0.39		4:13AM 0.35	4:41PM 0.34		5:38AM 0.94	6:09PM 0.92		6:12AM 0.27	6:18PM 0.23		7:11AM 0.22		7:32PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	13	11	13	13	10	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	16	16	14
Low °C	10	12	11	9	11	13	8	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	8	13	12	11	12	12	10	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	5	11	10	6	19	18	16	12	14	13	12	7	8	8	16	15	14	13	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	2.4 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	6	10	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1280	779	1361	1338	1267	1137	468	824	788	657	577	509	231	98	134	116	446	209	254	356	403	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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)					7:36AM 1.71				7:54PM 1.64				8:06AM 1.93				8:48PM 1.65				9:19AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			1:29AM 0.37				2:20PM 0.96				2:20AM 0.38				3:12PM 0.97				2:54AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	-	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	10	11	15	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	13	13	13	10	10	9	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	8	11	14	8	11	10	8	8	8	11	12	12	12	10	10	9	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	5	5	13	11	10	4	4	7	10	10	5	7	7	18	18	16	16	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	4	4	-	-	5	5	3	-	4	5	5	4	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 25	Friday 26
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1382	840	1280	1272	1300	1262	516	1250	1376	1376	1338	1338	656	524	511	523	1305	635	611	990	1038	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	on	on	cross	cross	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)													7:17AM 1.95	8:04AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)							2:00AM 0.89												1:38PM 0.51	2:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	15	14	14	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	11	15	13	13	15	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	9	8	8	5	5	4	5	5	5	13	5	5	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	5	4	3	3