Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	2	9	0	5	4	3	3	0	3	5	5	0	9	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	16	16	15	13	12	12	14	8	12	12	14	15	15	14	13	14	13	13	15	14
Energy	1602	658	11029	2360	3287	1475	578	1818	813	733	3031	6532	14687	9057	4027	1977	2197	2190	1195	1729	1185	1073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:27AM 2.47		3:01PM 2.55	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		4:16AM 2.50	4:52PM 2.53		5:11AM 2.48	4:58PM 2.38		6:06AM 2.44		6:12PM 2.03	6:15AM 2.19		7:09PM 1.93	8:02AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		8:23PM 0.78	8:07AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		9:40PM 0.10	10:35AM 0.57		10:37PM 0.11	11:30AM 0.59		11:35PM 0.14		12:25PM 0.64	12:32AM 0.18		1:22PM 0.72	1:29AM 0.23		2:18PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	4
High °C	16	11	10	9	8	7	8	10	8	7	7	10	10	6	8	12	14	10	11	15	14	11
Low °C	13	10	9	8	4	3	6	8	7	6	5	9	8	5	5	11	13	10	10	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	9	7	6	7	4	6	7	4	4	3	7	7	3	5	10	12	10	9	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	16	15	13	12	12	14	14	12	12	15	15	15	14	13	14	13	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	-	12	12	10	14	13	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	10	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.3 NW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	3	-	5	7	8	-	12	14	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	-

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	9	9	6	0	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	13
Energy	1602	1851	1863	658	1066	12138	11029	7426	2360	3768	973	3287	1782	2046	1475	1101	578	864	788	1818	3703	3612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:27AM 2.47								2:33AM 2.34					3:25PM 2.20				3:45AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 0.13				8:07AM 0.01									9:03AM -0.03				9:40PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	1
Temp. °C	16	13	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	7	8	6	5	4	3	7	8	7	10	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	15	12	8	9	8	7	7	6	6	4	7	5	2	2	0	4	6	4	7	5	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 S	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 E
Period (s)	16	15	14	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	8	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	12	12	15	12	12	11	10	10	14	10	13	13	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	4	5	4	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	5	5	13	13

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	9	9	6	0	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy	1418	1618	1602	1654	1706	1851	1760	1855	1863	1956	1956	658	1718	938	1066	3216	12138	12138	11856	11438	11029	9809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															2:27AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)								7:47PM 0.13													8:07AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	12	12	11	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:59	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	17	17	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-