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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	4	0	5	4	3	7	0	9	9	4	2	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	11	10	8	10	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	16
Energy	237	296	281	200	299	1057	378	3036	6264	5302	10611	3711	14263	8499	2976	2747	1484	4241	4179	4316	4633	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:41AM 1.60		6:22PM 2.15	6:24AM 1.57		7:07PM 2.12	7:09AM 1.55		7:19PM 1.85	7:58AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:01PM 1.89	10:16AM 2.23		10:14PM 1.72	10:42AM 1.78		11:41PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)	11:22PM 0.58	11:59AM 0.46		12:33AM 1.06		1:01PM 1.01	1:21AM 1.07		1:13PM 0.53	1:43AM 0.59		2:45PM 1.00	2:53AM 0.46		3:39PM 0.99		4:06AM 1.03	4:06PM 0.35		4:32AM 0.33	5:00PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	11	11	11	9	10	11	13	13	12	10	11	13	11	14	15	14	15	15	14
Low °C	12	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	10	11	12	10	7	8	13	11	13	14	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	10	8	9	5	7	7	10	10	8	7	8	11	8	12	13	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	2.5 SSW	-	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	11	7	9	20	18	17	14	16	-	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	8	10	16	14	16	15	-	14	-	12	-	24	12	11	10	20	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 SW	0.8 WSW	5.5 SW	-	0.5 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	6	10	8	10	5	6	16	4	16	-	3	6	6	5	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	19	12	18	11	11	6	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	19
Energy	226	237	237	314	296	310	281	229	233	200	311	186	299	280	1057	251	990	378	494	787	3036	3116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:41AM 1.60									6:24AM 1.57				6:53PM 1.65				7:09AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 0.58				11:59AM 0.46					12:33AM 0.52				1:01PM 1.01				1:21AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	11	12	14	15	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	11	13	15	11	9	8	8	7	6	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	20	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	10	15	14	16	16	21	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	3	3	3	-	2	4	5	5	6	6	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	9

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Energy	388	385	226	231	237	237	239	237	237	237	218	314	297	293	296	299	309	310	282	280	281	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	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)												5:41AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)						11:22PM 0.58												11:59AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3