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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	Sat		Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	6	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	2	2	4	0	3	2	0	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	5.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.0 SW	1.2 SSE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	8	13	7	12	12	11	10	10	9	11	13
Energy(?)	2579	6562	5463	3303	3620	2876	2900	2554	1575	797	791	320	343	241	377	917	644	152	430	301	526	679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 2.29	8:22AM 2.27		8:01PM 1.99	8:31AM 1.95		9:03PM 1.98	9:35AM 1.93		10:14PM 2.00	10:44AM 1.95		11:26PM 2.07	12:39PM 2.27		1:16AM 2.35	12:55PM 2.12	1:41PM 2.33	2:16AM 2.41		2:39PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 0.86		2:43PM 0.91	2:27AM 0.42		3:41PM 0.94	3:31AM 0.46		4:00PM 0.43		4:38AM 0.46	5:05PM 0.37		6:27AM 0.98	6:58PM 0.85		6:44AM 0.34		8:00PM 0.75	8:33AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	12	23	3	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	10	15	17	16	19	13	14	16	17	11	15	16
Low °C	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	11	12	13	8	12	17	13	18	13	11	14	15	8	13	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	11	9	11	11	10	11	12	10	15	17	16	19	11	13	15	16	9	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	9:24	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	12	12	11	10	10	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	13	13	20	9	9	12	16	15	14	13	11	13	7	11	11	15	13	13	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	5.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 24			Sunday 25								Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	5.0 S	6.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2579	3206	4581	6562	10380	7524	10288	8676	3303	2907	2547	2242	2104	1920	2876	2807	2900	2199	2768	2554	1328	1243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off
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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 2.29				8:22AM 2.27				8:01PM 1.99				9:20AM 2.24				9:56PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	1:51PM 0.87				1:29AM 0.36				1:56PM 0.42				2:27AM 0.42				3:41PM 0.94					4:13AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	7	6	5	3	5	1	1	3	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	6	7	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	9	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	4.0 S	4.0 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	14	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	-	13	13	13	10	10	20	20	19	15	14	18	9	11	12	12	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	5.0 S	6.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7

	Saturday 24										Sunday 25
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	6.0 S	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1426	2597	2579	2776	5034	5011	3729	6547	7090	8072	9145	10037	10128	10258	16888	16287	15854	7524	5469	10803	10288	9571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:57PM 2.29													8:22AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	1:51PM 0.87												1:29AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	1
High °C	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	0.9 E	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	15	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	6.0 S	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 S	-	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	12	12