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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	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	2	0	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	6	11
Energy(?)	723	517	1082	944	402	2891	284	1495	1224	454	734	919	773	573	270	422	124	312	170	475	118	130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.81		7:18AM 1.76		7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56		9:37PM 1.56	10:03AM 1.51		10:58PM 2.10	11:22AM 2.07		11:45PM 1.58	12:21PM 2.07		12:54AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	12:47PM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	2:01AM 0.42		2:03PM 0.53	2:55AM 0.53		3:21PM 0.54	3:54AM 0.60		4:18PM 0.58		5:01AM 1.25	5:38PM 1.18		6:07AM 1.24	6:38PM 1.13		7:09AM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	13	15	13	18	19	17	14	13	10	13	14	10	15	14	13	17	17	18	21	24	19	16
Low °C	12	14	10	16	18	10	12	13	9	12	13	9	11	14	13	14	16	16	17	23	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	18	19	16	12	11	8	12	13	8	15	14	13	17	16	18	21	24	19	15
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	6	12	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	6	6	12	15	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	10	12	7	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	-	2.5 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	-	13	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	7	9	-

	Friday 06							Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	833	731	723	703	745	808	958	617	1326	1134	944	1106	1421	4742	2611	2891	359	1795	284	295	303	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 1.88				6:53PM 1.81					7:18AM 1.76				8:04PM 2.28				8:23AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)				12:47PM 0.27				12:48AM 0.34	1:10AM 0.30				1:35PM 0.37				2:22AM 0.99				2:44PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	15	14	13	12	11	12	15	18	19	18	17	12	11	10	12	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	14	13	12	10	10	10	14	18	19	18	16	10	8	7	10	12	9	10
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	-	-	4	-	-	12	13	13	6	13	6	7	7	8

	Friday 06
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	810	832	833	784	718	731	731	509	723	713	713	703	698	678	233	213	294	808	292	292	294	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:32AM 1.88												6:53PM 1.81	7:17PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)												12:47PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	-	5	6	6	6	6