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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	Mon	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1383	1391	792	718	325	2036	1505	1115	1535	1726	1427	1484	2233	1660	1390	1259	2756	914	2938	3190	1469	1113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:38AM 2.02		1:55PM 2.00	2:17AM 2.05		3:18PM 2.30	3:39AM 2.33		3:28PM 1.75	3:52AM 1.83		4:07PM 1.73		4:54AM 2.29	5:05PM 2.23		5:33AM 2.25	5:28PM 1.66		6:14AM 2.21	6:10PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 0.39		7:56PM 0.37	8:37AM 0.36		9:30PM 0.97	9:51AM 1.03		9:31PM 0.35	9:59AM 0.41		10:12PM 0.37	11:05AM 1.06		10:55PM 0.41	11:42AM 1.07		11:40PM 0.45	12:22PM 1.07		12:27AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	13	12	15	16	12	20	19	18	12	11	10	15	15	10	13	14	10	12	14	8
Low °C	16	17	12	9	14	15	11	18	18	12	11	10	9	13	14	8	11	12	8	11	12	6
Chill °C (?)	17	16	12	12	15	15	12	20	19	18	11	10	9	14	14	9	11	12	7	10	13	8
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	9	9	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	-	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	13	15	12	12	11	-	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	15	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	16	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	16	14	10	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	59	298	316	31	852	1487	571	519	694	718	626	556	1078	692	865	2113	1284	1505	1353	511	1115	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:38AM 2.02				2:41PM 2.29				2:34AM 1.81				3:18PM 2.30				3:13AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 0.37				7:57AM 0.35				8:13PM 0.32				8:37AM 0.36				9:30PM 0.97				9:17AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	16	15	17	16	13	13	12	11	9	11	16	14	15	15	12	11	11	12	18	21
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	14	16	16	12	12	12	10	7	11	16	12	14	14	12	11	10	12	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	16	14	10	14	14	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	17	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	15	10	10	15	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	3	3	10	10	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	11	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	3

	Monday 17				Tuesday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	63	59	59	59	1300	1094	1080	1089	637	688	682	732	749	1390	1391	852	1488	1925	1852	1475	792	793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:21AM 2.31												2:41PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 0.37												7:57AM 0.35	8:33AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	13	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	-	-