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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	Fri	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	12	11	11	7	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	15	14	16
Energy(?)	302	326	585	1692	255	335	277	228	471	544	486	733	408	636	596	2077	1172	1062	1320	979	1749	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:42PM 1.74	12:08PM 1.77		12:32AM 1.75		1:19PM 2.24	1:40AM 2.28		1:34PM 1.76	2:21AM 2.31		2:13PM 1.75	2:34AM 1.81		3:18PM 2.30	3:39AM 2.33		3:10PM 2.00		4:17AM 2.32	3:48PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		5:48AM 0.31	6:13PM 0.32		7:03AM 0.96		7:29PM 0.98	7:50AM 0.98		8:12PM 0.97	8:33AM 1.00		8:13PM 0.32	9:13AM 1.02		9:30PM 0.97	9:51AM 1.03		10:07PM 0.98	10:28AM 1.05		10:12PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	12
High °C	9	11	11	9	11	14	12	17	19	18	20	13	11	18	20	18	21	21	15	16	14	11
Low °C	6	10	11	7	11	13	10	13	18	16	17	11	8	16	19	14	19	17	14	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	6	11	12	10	17	19	18	20	13	10	18	20	18	21	21	15	14	13	10
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 SSW	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	11	7	7	8	10	13	14	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	16	15	22	7	11	11	10	12	7	7	12	12	11	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	-	0.9 E	2.0 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	8	12	-	11	7	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	3

	Fri	Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	9	9	15	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	8	10
Energy(?)	889	714	605	509	326	446	585	616	2264	2265	1624	1025	855	300	285	432	319	277	293	251	229	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:42PM 1.74				12:32PM 2.21				12:54AM 2.25					1:19PM 2.24			12:58AM 2.00	1:40AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)				5:48AM 0.31				6:42PM 0.99				6:34AM 0.32					7:29PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	6	7	10	11	11	11	9	9	8	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	16	17
Chill °C (?)	5	4	2	3	7	8	8	8	6	7	6	5	11	8	8	8	8	10	6	6	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	12	12	11	11	7	11	7	7	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	16	15	15	14	-	9	9	12	11	7	7	11	7	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 NE	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	13	13	12	-	-	-	3	11	6	7	7	-	3	-

	Friday 14	Saturday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	2.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	15	15	7	8
Energy(?)	1929	955	889	872	302	302	256	300	605	288	273	509	696	362	326	379	457	550	484	562	743	1397
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:04AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	6	7	7	8	6	8	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	6	6	6	10	12	10	6	12	12	16	16	16	15	-	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.3 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	5	6	2	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	8	7	8