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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	6	8	9	9	6	11	14	15	15	14	14	13	7	8	8	11	7	7	8
Energy(?)	1223	827	824	219	363	155	220	737	107	652	909	1547	619	2774	565	904	1324	782	211	762	204	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:41PM 1.54	8:32AM 2.12		8:31PM 1.54	9:03AM 1.64		9:25PM 1.58	10:25AM 2.16		10:21PM 1.65	10:52AM 1.73		11:18PM 1.75	12:18PM 2.31		12:44AM 2.39			12:53AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		1:51PM 0.55	2:05AM 0.49		2:41PM 0.53	2:57AM 0.46		3:31PM 0.49	3:50AM 0.40	4:15AM 0.96	4:41PM 1.01		4:43AM 0.33	5:11PM 0.33		6:07AM 0.88	6:36PM 0.89		7:03AM 0.84	6:53PM 0.14		7:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	3	3
High °C	23	18	14	21	19	14	16	15	11	16	13	12	13	14	13	12	14	11	14	17	14	14
Low °C	19	18	13	18	18	11	14	14	8	15	13	11	13	13	10	11	13	8	13	16	11	12
Chill °C (?)	23	18	13	21	18	13	15	13	8	15	10	11	12	12	12	9	12	9	12	16	12	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.8 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	9	11	9	8	9	9	10	7	14	15	15	14	14	13	10	10	8	8	9	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	-	-	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	16	10	15	6	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	-	-	11	11	12	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	0.8 W	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 W	-	0.9 SW	2.2 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 NW	1.5 W	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.6 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	4	10	6	5	-	7	6	4	4	5	-	3	-	-	7	8	-	4	7	7	-

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	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	7	8	8	6	9	9	9	10	9	10	7	12	6	12
Energy(?)	543	795	809	569	805	824	710	683	489	233	199	499	358	304	342	206	220	227	264	409	219	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:03AM 1.87				7:41PM 1.54				8:12AM 1.64				8:31PM 1.54				9:27AM 2.12				9:04PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			1:51PM 0.55				2:05AM 0.49				2:47PM 1.06				2:57AM 0.46				3:43PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	19	19	14	13	13	14	18	21	20	18	16	12	12	12	14	16	16	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	20	23	19	19	13	11	11	12	17	21	20	18	16	11	11	9	12	15	15	13	12	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	12	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	6	16	16	16	10	10	10	15	6	5	9	9	13	13	12	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	3	3	4	5	-	10	10	9	7	3	3	6	-	-	4	5	7	8	7	6	-	11

	Wednesday 26																Thursday 27
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	540	804	1223	863	851	795	803	853	827	531	556	859	870	784	805	464	926	933	899	725	129	653
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:03AM 1.87												7:41PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)							1:51PM 0.55													2:05AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	21	22	23	22	19	18	19	18	19	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	21	22	23	22	19	18	19	18	19	17	16	13	12	11	10	10	11	14	11
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	16	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	3	3	3	4	4	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10