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 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	3	0	3	4	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 E	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	6	8	8	12	13	16	14	9	12	6	14	13	11
Energy(?)	2032	1113	1038	604	450	701	838	604	213	244	765	392	455	558	377	1452	455	633	758	1432	1156	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02		7:29PM 1.86	8:32AM 2.32		8:35PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.86		9:42PM 1.75	10:18AM 1.81		11:08PM 2.21	11:17AM 1.78		11:42PM 1.74	12:08PM 1.77		12:32AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	12:24PM 0.20		12:25AM 0.15		1:28PM 0.27	1:52AM 0.20		2:09PM 0.39	2:57AM 0.25		3:35PM 0.33	3:59AM 0.28		4:50PM 1.01		4:56AM 0.30	5:26PM 0.33		5:48AM 0.31	6:13PM 0.32		7:03AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	18	15	10	15	14	11	13	15	12	13	13	11	17	10	8	10	12	11	12
Low °C	10	12	11	16	12	8	12	12	10	12	13	10	13	12	9	16	7	8	8	12	9	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	18	14	7	15	13	10	10	13	10	12	12	8	16	7	4	7	10	11	9
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	7	12	12	6	13	13	8	8	13	8	9	9	9	9	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	18	8	7	12	7	7	12	12	8	13	14	6	12	16	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.7 SW	0.7 WNW	1.4 SW	-	1.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.6 NE	-	1.7 W	1.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	3	6	6	-	10	4	6	-	6	8	4	6	-	4	-	6	5	6	6	-	3

	Sunday 09							Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	3	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	2316	2063	1390	1876	1632	1387	505	558	859	750	604	517	450	157	135	701	266	644	838	979	477	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 2.10				6:26PM 1.93					7:04AM 2.02				7:53PM 2.33				8:08AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				12:24PM 0.20				12:25AM 0.15					1:28PM 0.27				1:52AM 0.20				2:32PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	9	13	14	10	11	12	12	14	18	16	15	12	10	9	8	8	12	15	15	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	11	12	7	8	11	10	13	18	16	14	10	6	6	6	6	12	15	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	7	7	10	10	12	7	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	11	11	18	7	8	8	16	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	3	10	6	-	4	12	6	6

	Sunday 09
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	3	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2534	2350	1662	2316	2172	2063	822	1465	2032	1904	1883	1883	1884	656	569	1637	1544	1444	1358	1360	1308	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						6:02AM 2.10												6:26PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)												12:24PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	11	10	11	9	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6