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.

Catlins Surf Forecast

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Catlins Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Catlins Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Catlins Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Catlins Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Catlins Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Catlins Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Catlins Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Catlins Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Catlins Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Catlins Photos

Catlins Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Tue	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	1	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	3.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	9	9	18	16	9	8	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	12	14	8
Energy(?)	578	1249	987	1032	422	996	909	332	800	2802	2416	2069	1567	1242	962	774	819	709	573	1121	3216	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 1.68		1:41PM 1.80	1:55AM 1.72		2:21PM 1.85	2:35AM 1.75		3:32PM 2.28		3:44AM 2.25	3:41PM 1.90		3:54AM 1.80	4:22PM 1.90		4:36AM 1.80	5:04PM 1.88		5:50AM 2.31	5:32PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		7:16AM 0.39		7:46PM 0.43	7:59AM 0.34		8:29PM 0.39	8:25AM 0.33		9:40PM 0.89	10:00AM 0.78		10:20PM 0.84	10:07AM 0.22		11:02PM 0.81	10:52AM 0.21		11:46PM 0.80			12:10AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
High °C	8	9	10	8	11	13	10	11	10	12	10	10	8	11	12	10	9	11	8	9	9	8
Low °C	6	8	9	7	9	11	8	9	10	9	8	9	7	8	10	6	6	9	7	7	9	6
Chill °C (?)	4	5	7	5	10	13	8	8	6	9	9	8	6	11	12	8	7	10	6	6	8	4
Sunrise	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.1 SW	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.2 E
Period (s)	18	16	15	15	19	18	16	15	19	18	16	15	14	13	18	16	15	14	14	14	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	0.4 N	2.1 ENE	3.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	-	-	-	9	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	12	14	8

	Tue	Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11

Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.0 SW	1.6 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	19	9	18	18	18	16	16	16	8	9	14
Energy(?)	569	578	770	935	1249	1310	987	452	955	1032	484	723	422	808	996	480	931	909	397	333	332	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:14AM 1.68				1:41PM 1.80				2:24AM 2.21				2:21PM 1.85					3:04AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	7:02PM 0.47				7:16AM 0.39				8:21PM 1.03				8:38AM 0.91				8:29PM 0.39				8:25AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	7	7	9	9	12	13	11	10	9	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	1	4	4	4	4	5	7	7	5	5	5	7	8	12	13	10	8	7	6	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	-	18	9	16	16	9	15	14	15	15	17	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	8