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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	Mon		Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	0	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	15
Energy(?)	1818	1860	1084	1004	318	206	571	794	380	294	986	1593	1220	1477	1280	530	863	944	632	1318	1388	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:04AM 1.85		2:47PM 2.32	2:26AM 2.17		2:40PM 2.19	3:21AM 1.97		3:37PM 1.98	3:45AM 2.27	4:02AM 1.99	4:21PM 2.02		5:14AM 2.50	5:36PM 2.52		5:32AM 1.94	5:39PM 2.28		6:03AM 2.16	6:34PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 0.26	8:44AM 0.83		8:10PM 0.19	8:31AM 0.23		9:06PM 0.09	9:11AM 0.16		9:32PM 0.06	10:11AM 0.11		11:10PM 0.65	11:29AM 0.66		11:55PM 0.70	11:46AM 0.15		11:56PM 0.23	12:19PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	16	15	14	13	9	11	13	11	13	13	12	15	14	12	15	16	12	17	15
Low °C	14	11	13	15	13	13	11	8	10	13	10	13	13	10	12	13	11	13	14	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	12	17	15	14	12	11	9	10	12	10	13	11	11	15	14	11	15	16	11	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	6	7	12	9	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	1.2 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	13	13	7	11	8	7	8	7	7	4	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	0.3 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	5	7	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	9	10	10	12	12
Energy(?)	3794	3274	1267	1073	1496	1337	1084	1130	628	825	518	821	676	237	202	211	283	922	579	601	506	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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)					1:48AM 2.08				2:01PM 2.09				2:42AM 1.92				3:27PM 2.41				3:05AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.82				7:52AM 0.33				8:10PM 0.19				9:23AM 0.74				8:50PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	12	11	13	16	19	15	17	14	16	16	13	14	14	12	10	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	15	19	14	17	13	15	15	11	12	12	10	10	8	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	12	10	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	6	9	9	13	13	13	12	7	11	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	1.5 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	6	7	-	5	6	7	9	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16	Tuesday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4686	4213	1818	1763	2935	2529	2494	2985	2195	2692	1946	2414	2302	956	949	949	905	1753	1235	1217	1084	948
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														2:32AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)							7:29PM 0.30												7:52AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-