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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	13	14	13	17	16	15	15	14	13	11	15	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	395	297	244	521	1233	294	372	1150	713	543	777	322	184	453	2473	1100	1589	1498	851	1078	426	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 2.20		7:08AM 1.92		7:30PM 1.82	8:00AM 1.80		8:25PM 1.72	8:32AM 1.92		9:23PM 1.64	9:50AM 1.62		10:23PM 1.60	10:48AM 1.57		11:42PM 2.16	12:05PM 2.14		12:36AM 2.16	12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 0.22		12:36AM 0.17		1:27PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25		2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36		3:12PM 0.40	3:38AM 0.45		4:06PM 0.46		4:33AM 0.52	4:58PM 0.50		5:46AM 1.19	6:19PM 1.15		6:19AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	1	9	-	-	1	13	-	11	3	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	18	15	19	17	18	17	17	14	12	13	18	18	12	11	15	16	15	18	19	14	15
Low °C	14	16	14	17	16	14	16	15	10	10	13	13	17	11	10	12	14	12	17	17	11	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	15	19	16	18	16	16	11	12	13	17	17	9	8	12	15	14	18	19	12	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	2.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	13	14	13	17	16	15	9	14	13	6	15	9	10	9	9	11	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	1.2 S	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	5	12	7	9	15	10	5	11	6	-	10	10	15	8	8	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 WSW	4.0 SW	1.8 W	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	0.5 NW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	6	-	-	5	6	8	9	6	10	10	5	11	6	-

	Wednesday 07							Thursday 08								Friday 09
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	17	16	16	10
Energy(?)	239	223	208	308	297	268	253	244	239	288	521	658	1233	1159	1028	1077	867	226	372	401	493	1617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:00AM 2.29				6:38PM 1.91				6:49AM 2.17	7:08AM 1.92				7:30PM 1.82				8:23AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)				12:35PM 0.19				12:56AM 0.15					1:27PM 0.26				1:49AM 0.25				2:38PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	5	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	19	17	16	15	14	14	14	17	19	17	16	18	15	15	14	16	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	19	17	16	15	14	14	13	17	19	17	16	18	14	14	12	14	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	5	5	5	18	18	12	13	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	4	4	6	7	7	7	10

	Wednesday 07
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	239	239	239	484	431	424	417	402	395	208	308	308	302	297	297	292	268	66	66	50	49	253
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	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						6:18AM 2.03													7:06PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)												12:35PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	19	19	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	14	12	12	14	14	14	16	19	19	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-