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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	3	3	0	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.0 W	0.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	11	14
Energy(?)	1841	1828	1362	428	515	2078	655	1447	1087	368	693	818	588	954	680	259	507	277	173	289	217	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 2.23		5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:56AM 2.17		7:08PM 2.10	7:41AM 2.13		7:59PM 2.09	8:32AM 2.12		8:31PM 1.54	9:27AM 2.12	5:50PM 0.31	9:25PM 1.58	9:57AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48		1:06PM 1.07	1:31AM 1.01		1:54PM 1.07	2:24AM 1.00		2:41PM 0.53	2:57AM 0.46		3:04PM 0.30	3:50AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	10	16	14	10	11	11	8	11	15	12	17	21	18	17	21	15	14	14	13	14
Low °C	13	14	9	14	11	7	10	10	7	9	14	11	15	20	14	15	17	13	14	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	9	15	12	7	9	9	8	9	14	10	16	21	18	16	21	14	12	13	11	14
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.7 ENE	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	10	10	15	6	13	12	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	2.0 W	0.9 NW	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	8	-	-	10	3	5	6	5	4

	Saturday 22					Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	4:30PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1841	536	1828	1496	1365	1362	1554	1456	1891	2734	515	828	2452	3085	2928	2785	1774	1553	600	207	1126	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:47PM 1.70				5:12AM 1.78				5:42PM 2.19				6:14AM 2.21				4:00PM 0.35
Low Tide / height (m)		11:05AM 1.06				10:55PM 0.41				11:42AM 1.07				12:01AM 1.00				12:14PM 0.52				12:27AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	14	10	9	9	10	13	16	15	12	10	9	7	8	10	12	10	19	7	7
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	13	9	7	7	8	11	15	13	10	8	6	4	6	8	10	8	18	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NE	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	16	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	2.5 SW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	3	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Saturday 22	Sunday 23
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	0:30AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13
Energy(?)	1400	465	1841	1927	2009	2009	2009	1828	1828	564	541	413	403	391	376	375	1364	1362	374	91	1554	1498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:05PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)				10:42AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	10	15	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	12	12	10	8	7	7	8	13	7	8
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	5	5	5	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-