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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	Mon		Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	216	1247	453	348	385	654	626	398	860	1286	972	250	245	795	1063	2622	818	988	424	574	167	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51		5:03AM 2.07	5:21PM 1.99		6:16AM 2.45	6:33PM 2.43		6:56AM 2.39	6:53PM 1.81		7:18AM 1.76		7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		10:36PM 0.53	10:58AM 0.65		11:22PM 0.55	11:14AM 0.12		12:07AM 0.62	12:26PM 0.75		12:22AM 0.18			1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	2:01AM 0.42		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53		3:21PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	10	15	16	14	18	20	20	13	14	12	18	18	16	19	18	14	17	16
Low °C	12	8	11	12	8	12	16	12	15	20	12	13	14	10	16	17	13	17	17	12	15	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	11	10	14	16	13	18	20	20	12	13	10	18	18	15	19	18	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	8	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	8	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	4	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 NW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	5	6	6	5	12	-	-	5	-	5	4

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	7	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	986	208	244	359	1755	1555	1188	452	348	227	567	212	668	827	654	623	626	594	559	516	514	673
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.50				4:17AM 2.13				5:05PM 2.51				5:03AM 2.07				5:21PM 1.99				5:47AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				10:36PM 0.53				10:58AM 0.65				11:22PM 0.55				11:14AM 0.12				11:35PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	10	9	8	11	11	12	12	10	9	8	8	12	15	16	16	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	8	7	6	10	9	11	12	10	8	7	7	12	14	16	16	13	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	7	10	8	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	13	13	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	14	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	12	6	7	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Monday 02										Tuesday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	736	198	216	187	166	1095	1097	233	244	244	1247	359	1247	2913	1757	1758	1728	1555	1541	1361	1188	1189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:20PM 2.50												4:17AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)										10:36PM 0.53												10:28AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	5	5	5	6	12	12	7	7	7	10	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-