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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	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	3	4	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	0	3	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	18	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	12	11	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	247	185	160	264	914	752	1877	649	1668	1804	961	933	538	410	224	438	1284	445	242	524	611	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 2.58		4:08AM 2.20	4:59PM 2.56		5:33AM 2.59	5:53PM 2.50		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02		7:29PM 1.86	8:08AM 1.93		8:13PM 2.05	9:37AM 2.24		9:42PM 1.75	10:41AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.67		10:25PM 0.61	10:24AM 0.06		11:18PM 0.62	11:48AM 0.75		11:44PM 0.06	12:24PM 0.20		12:46AM 0.13		1:28PM 0.27	1:52AM 0.20		2:32PM 0.31	2:37AM 0.30		3:35PM 0.33	3:59AM 0.28	4:20AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	15	11	17	17	16	20	21	13	15	16	14	13	10	8	10	12	10	11	12	10	10
Low °C	15	14	9	15	16	13	19	18	11	13	14	13	12	9	8	10	11	8	10	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	14	10	17	17	16	20	21	12	14	15	14	13	8	6	10	10	7	9	10	8	10
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	6	7	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	12	11	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	8	11	16	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	9	5	6	14	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	1.6 W	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	2	6	-	3	-	-	5	-	7	4	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	6

	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	18	18	18	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	291	271	247	224	184	195	99	77	232	202	264	585	914	1400	1849	2273	2204	1393	707	1601	1799	1237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:44AM 2.63					4:08PM 2.58				4:08AM 2.20				4:31PM 2.05				4:46AM 2.45				5:53PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)								10:25PM 0.61				10:24AM 0.06				10:44PM 0.00				11:22AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	15	14	14	12	10	9	10	15	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	17	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	15	13	14	11	10	8	8	15	17	18	16	16	15	16	14	17	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	5	7	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	18	11	11	16	16	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7

	Thursday 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	307	292	291	469	285	271	261	246	302	301	240	224	223	197	192	158	220	194	203	144	144	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:44AM 2.63												3:39PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)									9:29AM 0.02												9:49PM -0.02	10:25PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	20	6	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	-	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	-	6	-