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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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	12	5	12	12	8	8	8	8	15	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1658	1655	960	528	1455	820	876	683	320	141	136	241	529	266	221	143	381	361	2259	2626	1564	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.20	9:16AM 2.15		9:37PM 1.56	9:37AM 1.71		10:16PM 1.73	11:08AM 1.50		11:45PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53		12:54AM 2.11	12:36PM 1.80		1:06AM 1.91		1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 1.06	3:10AM 1.11		3:21PM 0.54	3:54AM 0.60		3:57PM 0.68		4:53AM 0.63	5:38PM 1.18		5:49AM 0.61	6:07PM 0.54		6:21AM 0.66	6:39PM 0.56		7:25AM 0.49		7:38PM 0.39	8:06AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	14	14	11	16	20	15	14	14	14	21	17	20	21	16	12	16	15	11	13
Low °C	12	14	9	12	13	10	11	15	13	13	14	14	18	17	17	14	15	10	14	15	9	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	9	13	13	8	16	20	15	13	12	13	21	16	20	21	15	11	16	14	9	12
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	5	12	12	8	8	12	8	15	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	11	10	9	9	9	8	5	9	11	12	12	6	9	12	12	8	12	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.2 NE	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	6	5	-	6	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-

	Sunday 08					Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1658	415	611	592	1319	1385	1081	1025	1050	1519	609	1380	1375	1208	520	670	654	547	683	625	626	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 2.22				8:36PM 1.62				8:37AM 1.78				9:37PM 1.56				9:37AM 1.71					10:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 1.06				2:31AM 0.61				3:36PM 1.14									4:18PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	-	1
Temp. °C	12	14	14	14	11	9	9	10	11	15	13	13	11	11	10	10	11	16	20	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	13	9	7	7	8	9	14	12	12	9	9	8	9	10	16	20	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	4	-	5	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	652	1689	1658	1680	1782	1782	1151	985	970	1604	602	1450	1427	1319	539	975	960	960	1385	1385	1358	1451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:23AM 2.22												8:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)								2:03PM 0.53												2:55AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	11	11	8	8	8	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-