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 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	8	15	11	7	8	8	8	14	13	9	8	8	10
Energy(?)	822	2782	1941	1904	1110	431	592	193	90	388	215	333	247	1120	478	209	325	620	649	296	290	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	off	glass	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 2.00		6:02AM 2.10	6:50PM 2.42		7:04AM 2.02		7:29PM 1.86	7:48AM 2.16		8:13PM 2.05	9:14AM 1.86		10:06PM 2.22	9:59AM 2.02		10:45PM 1.74	11:40AM 2.20		11:42PM 1.74	12:32PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	11:22AM 0.13		12:13AM 0.67	12:24PM 0.20		12:46AM 0.13		1:28PM 0.27	1:52AM 0.20		2:09PM 0.39	2:37AM 0.30		3:47PM 0.99			4:33PM 0.34		5:19AM 0.92	5:26PM 0.33		6:13AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	3	1	2
High °C	21	14	8	11	14	13	19	19	11	11	11	9	14	15	13	14	12	11	16	13	10	10
Low °C	18	9	7	10	13	11	16	13	8	10	9	7	13	13	10	13	11	10	13	9	7	7
Chill °C (?)	21	12	6	9	12	12	19	19	8	9	9	6	11	13	12	14	11	10	15	11	6	7
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	6	6	8	12	11	13	12	8	8	14	13	9	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	9	8	-	-	-	-	12	10	7	15	14	7	7	12	12	8	6	13	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	7	4	6	6	-	5	8	7	4	7	8	3	6	2	8	9	4	5	-

	Saturday 08							Sunday 09								Monday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2334	2389	822	2304	1084	3420	3017	2660	2310	1487	1390	1253	1632	517	431	558	879	735	365	562	443	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 2.17				5:27PM 2.00				5:44AM 2.37				6:50PM 2.42					7:30AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				11:22AM 0.13				11:44PM 0.06				12:00PM 0.24				12:25AM 0.15					1:28PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	16	15	17	20	16	9	8	8	8	8	9	13	12	11	11	13	13	13	16	19	19	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	20	15	7	6	8	7	6	9	12	10	8	8	12	11	12	16	19	19	9
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 E	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	2

	Saturday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2405	2372	740	2302	834	2389	2355	2322	2286	1901	1973	2222	2500	1071	1084	2544	3209	3420	1338	3061	3017	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:33AM 2.59												5:27PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)										11:00AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	13	15	15	17	18	19	19	17	18	18	15	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	14	12	14	14	16	18	18	18	16	18	18	14	6	6	7	6	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-