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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	Tue	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	0	3	4	3	4	3	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	9	12	13	12	12	12	12	7	11	9	7	9	11
Energy(?)	799	512	341	215	821	215	2298	710	647	242	2455	1354	2108	298	300	606	184	401	274	301	2247	2991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:04PM 2.26	11:33AM 2.24		11:46PM 1.85	12:12PM 1.78		12:50AM 1.94		1:41PM 2.33	1:48AM 2.04		2:08PM 1.96	2:41AM 2.11		2:59PM 2.02		4:03AM 2.50	4:20PM 2.50		4:17AM 2.13	4:35PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		5:18AM 1.00	5:05PM 0.37		6:02AM 0.34	6:58PM 0.85		7:03AM 0.28		7:23PM 0.13	7:40AM 0.25		8:18PM 0.05	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.53	10:28AM 0.10		11:22PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	26	2	-
High °C	10	15	17	18	18	15	12	15	14	12	18	15	13	15	18	14	19	18	15	11	13	12
Low °C	8	13	16	16	14	14	10	13	14	9	13	15	11	14	18	13	18	16	8	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	14	17	18	18	13	9	14	12	11	18	13	12	14	17	12	19	18	13	7	10	8
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	12	12	10	13	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	7	16	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	9	8	11	12	11	13	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	2.5 SW	1.8 W	-	-	0.3 SE	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	6	12	-	-	-	12	6	-	-	2	6	-	7	6	7	9	11

	Tue	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	13	13	8	13	12	18	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	643	532	541	593	512	259	341	288	254	215	221	771	821	774	1357	596	755	2420	3179	1745	1480	1965
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:04PM 2.26				11:33AM 2.24				11:46PM 1.85				12:12PM 1.78					1:16AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)				4:58AM 0.38				5:24PM 0.30				6:02AM 0.34				6:58PM 0.85					7:03AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	9	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	18	18	14	14	15	13	11	10	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	8	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	18	18	12	12	13	11	9	8	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	12	11	12	12	11	15	15	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	13	11	13	12	11	7	11	16	16	16	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	4	-	5	5	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	11

	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSE	1.0 SW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	14	13	9	13	13	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	13	13	8
Energy(?)	781	672	820	890	870	532	791	731	427	677	433	593	549	546	512	290	263	259	259	368	341	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:35PM 1.77													11:33AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)										4:58AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	13	14	14	15	15	15	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	11	9	11	10	9	9	9	8	6	7	9	8	10	13	14	14	15	15	14	17	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	13	11	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-