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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	Thu	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	12	15	15	13	12	14	10	9	13	12	11	10	10	18	17	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	978	614	269	373	1149	1430	1349	1028	288	856	1482	2781	2556	4212	1881	1407	762	1462	1165	880	589	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59	1:14PM 2.10	1:43AM 2.15		2:02PM 2.14	2:28AM 2.20		2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		2:53PM 1.79	3:01AM 2.15		3:29PM 1.85	3:54AM 1.94		4:07PM 1.89		4:32AM 1.95	4:46PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.56		7:32PM 1.05	8:00AM 1.08		8:17PM 0.95	8:06AM 0.41		8:19PM 0.30	8:27AM 0.39		8:43PM 0.25	9:24AM 0.27		9:38PM 0.15	10:02AM 0.22		10:18PM 0.12	10:42AM 0.20		11:00PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	2	-	24	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	16	17	12	15	13	11	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	18	17	14
Low °C	15	11	15	10	14	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	11	15	16	10
Chill °C (?)	21	14	16	11	15	13	11	12	11	9	8	9	10	11	11	11	15	14	12	18	16	12
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	12	11	15	13	12	9	10	9	13	12	11	10	10	8	17	16	14	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	12	8	5	15	8	8	8	14	13	12	12	12	13	11	20	9	8	8	8	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.8 SE	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	8	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	12	12	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	723	674	879	825	614	305	310	730	867	1254	564	1190	573	1195	1430	1585	1440	1349	1258	1107	1028	1068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)		12:38AM 1.64					1:14PM 2.10				1:06AM 1.91				1:38PM 1.66				2:03AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)					7:09AM 1.18			6:55PM 0.47					7:07AM 0.58				7:38PM 0.39				8:06AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	21	15	12	15	15	13	11	11	11	14	15	12	13	11	10	9	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	21	13	12	15	14	13	11	10	9	14	15	11	13	11	10	8	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	12	8	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	12	13	13	12	6	9	9	9	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 12	Friday 13
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	770	707	440	440	412	978	940	629	625	640	390	596	348	390	390	390	450	398	408	309	269	531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:54AM 2.11												12:56PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)												6:40AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	19	17	18	21	20	20	20	11	10	11	13	16	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	14	14	14	14	19	16	18	21	20	20	20	8	7	8	12	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 E	0.6 SW	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	8	8	8	12	12	12	9	12	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	8	8	8	12	8	12	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6