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 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	7	8	8	9	16	6	6	10	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	511	1039	320	157	272	396	127	121	405	190	160	144	177	283	287	306	534	982	720	644	336	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 1.64	8:25AM 1.70		8:48PM 1.65	9:19AM 1.69		9:47PM 1.70	10:19AM 1.71		11:21PM 2.29	11:51AM 2.29		11:55PM 1.86	12:04PM 2.07		12:57AM 1.97		1:21PM 1.90	2:24AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01PM 0.44	2:20AM 0.38		3:12PM 0.97	3:15AM 0.37		3:45PM 0.39		4:13AM 0.35	4:22PM 0.41		5:38AM 0.94	6:09PM 0.92		5:54AM 0.33	6:18PM 0.23		7:11AM 0.22		8:09PM 0.76	8:08AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	11	12	13	10	13	13	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	15	16	13	14
Low °C	12	10	9	12	13	9	13	13	8	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	12	12	10	12	11	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	10	14	16	12	12
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	2.0 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	14	10	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	4	11	10	5	19	7	16	12	11	13	12	7	9	9	9	8	10	8	15	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1345	1339	1280	1137	468	833	786	661	579	508	218	129	93	101	403	208	254	352	373	362	121	361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:36AM 1.71				7:54PM 1.64				8:06AM 1.93				8:48PM 1.65				9:19AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.37				2:20PM 0.96				2:20AM 0.38				3:12PM 0.97				2:54AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	14	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	13	13	11	10	10	9	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	12	14	9	10	10	9	8	8	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	8	12	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE
Period (s)	5	5	5	13	5	10	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	7	18	18	16	16	8	8	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	4	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Friday 26
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1262	1233	1345	1345	501	1339	1357	1280	1280	1212	619	467	462	468	1030	578	503	846	835	791	288	763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:36AM 1.71												7:54PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.37													2:20PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	13	14	14	13	13	10	11	12	10	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	10	10	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	3	5	5	-	-	-