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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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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	5	0	0	!	!	9	9	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	20	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	16	18	16	14	14	13	16
Energy	1016	7752	7564	14381	28684	29362	14989	8591	4232	2002	1930	3502	1247	1869	1624	1124	7168	3156	3157	1094	1256	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 1.85	7:37AM 1.80		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:20PM 1.67	9:45AM 1.68		10:14PM 1.72	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79			12:36AM 2.38		1:06PM 2.47	1:01AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.53	1:43AM 0.59		2:23PM 0.44	2:53AM 0.46		3:14PM 0.40		3:42AM 0.40	4:06PM 0.35		5:04AM 0.98	5:00PM 0.29		6:00AM 0.90	5:55PM 0.22	6:30PM 0.89	6:17AM 0.15		6:51PM 0.17	7:11AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	10	9	10	10	12	11	12	14	12	13	13	15	11	11	9	11	14	14	16
Low °C	9	11	11	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	12	13	11	11	9	8	8	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	6	5	6	7	9	8	10	13	11	12	12	14	8	8	8	11	13	13	15
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	17	16	-	-	-	15	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	13	16	18	16	14	14	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 S	2.3 SW	2.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ENE	1.2 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	20	9	15	-	-	-	19	14	12	10	10	9	12	11	16	20	-	13	-	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SW	-	0.6 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	3	6	6	16	16	16	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	4	5	7	-	4	-	6	3

	Sunday 07							Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	5	5	5	8	0	7	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	9	9	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	7.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SW	8.0 SW	7.5 SSW	7.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	9	9	20	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13
Energy	1631	2010	1016	6754	7752	4861	14097	7564	14409	12379	14381	23662	28684	35834	36159	29362	22698	18848	14989	11272	8591	7130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:27AM 2.10				7:39PM 1.63				7:37AM 1.80				8:28PM 1.64				8:50AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 0.52				1:13PM 0.53				2:06AM 0.50				2:23PM 0.44				2:53AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	5	6	8	7	10	9	10	10	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	6	5	6	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	9	21	9	18	17	17	17	16	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	23	10	20	13	9	9	15	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	2.4 WNW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	7.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SW	8.0 SW	7.5 SSW	7.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	3	7	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 07
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	5	5	5	8	0	7	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	9	9	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	20	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Energy	1633	1549	1631	1690	2060	2010	2496	2880	1016	1016	5297	6754	6754	7224	7752	7752	7836	4861	8213	13701	14097	14097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:09AM 1.55												7:39PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 0.52												1:13PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	8	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	21	21	21	20	9	9	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	23	23	23	23	10	10	10	10	20	20	13	13	13	10	9	9	15	9	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.8 NW	2.1 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	3	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6