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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	0	0	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	13	12	10	12	12	15	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	16	15	15	18
Energy(?)	1758	2999	2985	927	482	1210	1695	3389	2075	3576	3602	3309	3297	3263	3565	4724	1665	2843	1244	1135	1155	2480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 1.72	9:49AM 2.04			11:16AM 1.88		11:39PM 1.81		12:14PM 1.95	12:34AM 1.87		1:34PM 2.37	1:22AM 1.93		2:23PM 2.40	2:39AM 2.41		3:07PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 0.38		3:27AM 0.38	4:44PM 1.02	10:44PM 0.09	4:50AM 0.27	5:27PM 0.34		5:48AM 0.22		6:23PM 0.28	7:18AM 0.74		7:12PM 0.23	8:08AM 0.67		8:33PM 0.75	8:54AM 0.63		9:15PM 0.72	8:59AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	9	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	9	10	9	10	10	7	10	10	8	8	10	9	8
Low °C	7	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	7	9	8	9	8	5	6	10	6	6	10	6	6
Chill °C (?)	11	9	6	5	6	4	3	5	5	7	8	8	9	8	4	8	9	7	6	10	8	8
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	13	11	10	10	12	15	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	16	15	15	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	18	9	9	4	12	13	24	8	8	18	10	10	10	13	13	12	18	12	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	12	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	3:30PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long 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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	6	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	15	12	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	7541	5738	4175	1793	1139	2805	3369	2985	2605	2035	1621	1355	482	683	1005	1210	439	1106	1695	1422	3374	3441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:57AM 1.80					9:27PM 1.72				10:09AM 1.83				11:01PM 2.23				11:40AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 0.32									3:46AM 0.31				4:44PM 1.02				5:17AM 0.90				5:27PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	3	3	6	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	8	9	11	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	5	5	6	9	10	9	6	6	5	5	6	7	6	0	4	3	0	1	1	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.3 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	15	12	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	18	-	9	9	8	9	9	4	4	13	9	12	13	13	13	-	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	12	-	12	11	8	10	10	10	8

	Sunday 17
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	3:30AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long 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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	8	6	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	17	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	8646	8266	7541	5089	2997	1357	4949	4645	4175	3604	3129	2694	996	1356	2999	1379	1179	1400	1400	1383	1383	3241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									8:57AM 1.80													9:27PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 0.32													3:33PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	9	5	11	8	7	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	6	2	8	5	4	6	9	10	10	10	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	17	-	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	9	9	9	18	18	18	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.8 NNW	-	2.1 SW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	-	12	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-