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 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	19	16	17	16	15	16	15	14	17	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	11	18	16
Energy(?)	2665	1433	1100	1295	1311	881	1759	2143	1608	3137	1737	2226	1518	814	875	346	302	381	294	114	196	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 2.28		9:36PM 1.75	10:14AM 1.83		11:10PM 2.28	11:47AM 2.34		12:13AM 2.31		12:03PM 2.21	12:24AM 2.15		12:59PM 2.28	1:35AM 1.95		2:40PM 2.45	2:58AM 2.43		2:39PM 2.34	2:56AM 2.27	3:13AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 0.33		3:56AM 0.28	4:55PM 0.98		5:27AM 0.90		6:02PM 0.96	5:38AM 0.23		6:12PM 0.31	6:34AM 0.16		7:26PM 0.22	8:24AM 0.68		8:51PM 0.76	8:18AM 0.08		8:46PM 0.21	9:24AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	9	9	11	9	8	10	7	10	10	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	13
Low °C	7	10	7	7	9	8	7	8	6	7	9	7	6	8	5	7	8	7	6	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	7	8	11	7	6	8	5	10	10	6	9	9	5	8	6	7	10	9	9	11
Sunrise	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	11	10	11	16	10	16	15	14	17	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	19	16	17	11	15	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	15	16	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	2

	Saturday 19					Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1056	3360	3281	3420	1340	1100	1139	1075	1128	1220	1311	1214	1303	1294	2349	1183	1244	1182	1442	1238	1033	1608
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:06AM 1.79				10:05PM 2.27				9:53AM 2.06				10:22PM 2.01				11:47AM 2.34				11:44PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				3:29PM 0.33				4:22AM 0.93				4:12PM 0.39				5:27AM 0.90				5:14PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	10	10	8	9	8	8	7	8	9	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	6	7	6	7	6	6	8	11	9	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	15	16	18	17	10	10	11	11	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	10	16	16	16	17	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19																	Sunday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	20	20	20	19	19	16	19	19	19	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1294	2575	2665	2865	1560	1466	1466	1440	1433	2421	2466	2466	2460	1706	2680	1341	1099	1100	1546	1482	1496	2152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- 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	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:06AM 1.79													10:05PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)										3:09PM 0.39												3:56AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	6	4	4	6	7	8	8	8	10	8	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	16	19	19	19	16	17	17	10	10	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	17	11	11	11	16	16	16	19	19	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	8	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-