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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	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	7	9	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	14	13	7	8	9	9	11	18	17	6
Energy	330	205	621	258	205	373	270	220	315	605	525	617	305	405	538	250	518	300	211	316	264	375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:42AM 2.30		2:41PM 1.83		3:19AM 2.28	3:21PM 1.82		3:55AM 2.24	4:23PM 2.26		4:18AM 1.69	4:44PM 1.77		5:10AM 2.16	5:41PM 2.18		5:41AM 1.60		6:22PM 2.15	6:24AM 1.57		7:07PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		8:55AM 0.97		9:17PM 1.04	9:34AM 0.97		9:30PM 0.44	10:11AM 0.97		10:15PM 0.46	10:28AM 0.41		11:09PM 1.05	11:30AM 0.99		11:50PM 1.06	11:59AM 0.46	12:14PM 1.00	12:33AM 1.06		12:46PM 0.47	1:21AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5
High °C	11	14	16	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	14	14	12	15	12	8
Low °C	8	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	11	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	13	16	14	12	11	12	13	13	11	12	11	10	10	12	11	14	14	11	14	10	4
Sunrise	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	6	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 W	0.8 W	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	6	7	-	-	3	-	6	4	6

	Sat	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	10
Energy	695	330	217	261	205	301	621	686	218	258	253	438	205	431	373	338	257	270	320	324	220	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:42AM 2.30				2:41PM 1.83									3:21PM 1.82				3:36AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05PM 0.40				8:55AM 0.97					9:17PM 1.04								9:30PM 0.44				9:43AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	10	11	12	14	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	9	11	13	16	14	14	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	9	9	12	12	8	12	12	14	13	13	12	13	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-

	Saturday 30					Sunday 31
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	517	504	695	695	326	330	330	289	217	207	261	261	236	210	205	392	280	301	319	310	621	654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:42AM 2.30												2:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 0.45	8:05PM 0.40												8:55AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7