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 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	7	8	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	957	841	252	144	1032	1952	3462	3073	1252	332	701	572	594	758	1549	1791	1613	1166	374	755	275	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 1.87	9:50AM 1.62		9:59PM 1.81	10:48AM 1.57		11:42PM 2.16	11:45AM 1.56		12:36AM 2.16	12:57PM 2.14		1:27AM 2.18		1:46PM 2.16	2:14AM 2.20		2:06PM 1.68	2:14AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		2:50PM 0.48	3:16AM 0.52		4:06PM 0.46		4:33AM 0.52	4:58PM 0.50		5:27AM 0.55	6:19PM 1.15		6:44AM 1.20		7:13PM 1.12	6:48AM 0.61		8:02PM 1.06	7:52AM 0.49		7:50PM 0.46	9:10AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	13	2	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	19	19	14	11	14	15	12	16	16	14	15	14	12	11	13	12	12	13	12	16
Low °C	11	18	15	19	12	10	10	15	9	14	16	12	13	13	12	11	13	9	11	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	12	19	19	18	11	8	12	13	10	15	16	13	14	12	12	10	12	12	10	11	10	16
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	14	13	7	8	8	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	15	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	10	5	13	-	-	10	11	15	9	10	9	17	10	8	8	7	7	7	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.4 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	3	-	5	3	7	8	11	11	9	4	10	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5

	Saturday 10							Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	16	15	15	8	8	8	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	691	596	618	920	841	631	741	866	255	419	144	461	769	940	853	957	657	634	3087	2569	1261	2412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:32AM 1.92				9:23PM 1.64					10:12AM 2.17								10:48AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	2:22AM 0.42				3:12PM 0.40				3:57AM 1.04					4:25PM 1.10				4:50AM 1.13				5:22PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	7	7	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	13	18	20	20	17	15	19	19	19	16	14	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	12	18	20	20	17	14	18	18	18	14	12	8	7	8	7	8	11	10	13
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	14	14	11	13	13	13	7	15	16	15	15	9	14	12	15	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	10	8	13	5	5	6	13	8	9	9	10	-	13	10	-	10	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	3	4	-	5	3	5	5	4	3	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	5	10

	Saturday 10
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	668	834	691	1156	1146	596	968	983	332	964	291	310	361	337	380	651	372	372	1046	741	512	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:54AM 1.70	9:16AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		2:22AM 0.42													3:30PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	18	18	20	20	20	20	21	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	12	18	18	20	20	20	20	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	10	10	10	6	6	4	8	8	11	13	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	8	-	3	7	3	7	5	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	3	3	-