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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	0	0	4	3	2	0	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	2	0	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	5.5 WSW	4.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	7	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	12
Energy(?)	3867	2627	896	10898	6457	1377	588	171	758	231	884	877	2190	1618	1151	416	814	233	815	1191	1240	974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:15PM 1.89		6:41AM 1.84		7:06PM 1.85	7:58AM 2.32		8:34PM 2.30	9:00AM 2.25		8:52PM 2.01	9:44AM 1.69		10:54PM 2.24	10:57AM 1.71		11:40PM 1.85	11:46AM 2.01		12:26AM 2.14	12:47PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39PM 0.74		12:35AM 0.22	12:59PM 0.27		1:31AM 0.30		1:57PM 0.32	2:53AM 0.94		2:38PM 0.42	3:19AM 0.50		4:09PM 0.35		4:51AM 0.41	4:57PM 0.38		5:35AM 0.45	6:17PM 0.23		6:35AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	12	13	15	11	18	16	15	15	15	12	16	19	16	12	11	11	11	11	10	12
Low °C	12	14	10	12	14	9	12	16	12	14	14	10	12	18	11	11	10	9	10	10	6	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	9	10	13	8	18	15	15	13	14	12	16	19	16	10	9	10	9	9	10	10
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	7	11	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	6	16	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	9	10	-	9	8	7	11	7	11	7	10	10	6	7	7	13	8	16	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	1.9 WNW	5.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	13	13	-	-	4	11	7	7	-	6	-	-	4	6	-	12	-	-	-

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1367	2013	3867	3343	2627	2265	761	1479	468	766	6769	5055	6457	4407	3078	2115	1018	1266	588	731	329	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89									7:35PM 2.37				7:13AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)				12:09PM 0.23				12:35AM 0.22	1:06AM 0.77			12:37PM 0.30					1:08AM 0.34				1:34PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	15	17	14	12	10	11	11	12	14	15	14	11	9	9	8	12	16	22	21
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	15	16	12	10	8	8	7	8	11	13	12	9	7	7	7	11	15	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	13	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	9	9	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	16	10	10	8	8	6	7	9	9	-	9	-	9	13	9	9	9	8	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.7 W	0.4 W	1.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	-	5	10	4	-	6	3	9	14	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	3	3	5

	Saturday 21
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	13	13	8	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1362	3691	3668	3668	2013	2013	1361	4498	954	952	1321	1295	3009	2773	952	2491	1364	2319	1275	2019	1181	937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:54AM 1.90												5:56PM 2.18	6:15PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)											11:48AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	13	15	16	16	16	18	18	15	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	11	12	14	16	16	15	18	18	14	12	13	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	13	13	8	16	8	8	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	10	16	16	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	-	-	4	4	5	10	3	10	4	4	4	4	4	5