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

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	2	9	0	5	4	3	3	6	0	5	6	0	9	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	5.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	14	16	16	15	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	14	15	14	14	12	13	13	12	13
Energy	782	1602	2185	16504	2360	3107	1421	518	2523	7146	4007	4158	5449	6896	8004	5345	2161	1047	1622	1671	1301	1507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:34PM 2.12	1:56AM 2.01		3:01PM 2.55	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		3:45AM 2.06	4:03PM 2.44		4:41AM 2.03	4:58PM 2.38		5:37AM 1.98		6:40PM 2.41	6:15AM 2.19		6:50PM 2.17	7:35AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 0.13	8:46AM 0.65		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		9:40PM 0.10	10:01AM -0.03		10:37PM 0.11	10:59AM -0.00		11:35PM 0.14	11:58AM 0.06	12:25PM 0.64	12:51AM 0.79		12:36PM 0.16	1:07AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	4	8	28	1
High °C	11	16	11	10	9	7	7	8	10	7	6	7	10	9	7	9	11	14	12	12	12	10
Low °C	10	12	10	10	8	4	3	7	8	6	6	5	8	8	6	5	11	12	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	15	8	7	6	6	5	6	7	3	2	3	7	5	5	7	9	12	10	11	11	10
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:26
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	0.2 E	0.1 SE	3.5 SW	-	-	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	17	16	15	13	11	12	13	13	13	-	-	15	14	14	12	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	1.3 S	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	4	-	-	12	12	10	14	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	22	20	18	17	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.7 WNW	1.6 W	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.5 NW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	16	-	-	-	-	6	13	13	-	12	14	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	2	9	9	9	5	0	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12
Energy	782	1418	1602	1421	1797	2185	8983	17230	16504	3378	2360	3768	3472	3107	1170	2048	1421	1242	518	979	1035	2523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:34PM 2.12				1:56AM 2.01								2:33AM 2.34					3:25PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	7:51AM 0.72				7:47PM 0.13				8:46AM 0.65				8:44PM 0.10					9:03AM -0.03				9:40PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	13	16	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	7	5	5	4	3	7	8	8	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	15	11	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	4	2	2	0	5	6	5	7	7
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 S	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	12	16	15	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	9	13	13	12	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	1.4 SW	0.2 ESE	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	16	4	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	14	11	10	14	14	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	14	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	5	6

	Sunday 14																	Monday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	2	9	9	9	5	0	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14
Energy	1650	1619	782	1559	1487	1418	1418	1618	1602	1540	1480	1421	1647	1624	1797	2017	658	2185	2185	948	8983	8983
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								1:34PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		7:11AM 0.07												7:47PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	12	12	13	15	15	16	15	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	10	10	11	14	14	15	14	12	11	11	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	12	16	16	16	16	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	11	11	5	-	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.7 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	6	14	14