Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	9	4	5	4	3	4	7	8	8	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	15	18	16	15	14	16	15	14	18	16	16	14	17	16	13	13	11	13	13	13	14	12
Energy	1026	1457	1944	1330	1625	2500	2087	1903	1637	1711	2558	1712	20521	7711	3123	1605	588	5886	6481	7225	7429	3437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90		12:05AM 1.86		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22		1:34PM 2.12	1:56AM 2.01		3:01PM 2.55	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		3:45AM 2.06	4:20PM 2.18		4:41AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 0.33		5:23AM 0.24	5:55PM 0.22		6:17AM 0.15		6:33PM 0.20	7:11AM 0.07		7:47PM 0.13	8:46AM 0.65		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		10:09PM 0.71	10:01AM -0.03		10:37PM 0.11	10:59AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	10	11	9	10	11	9	13	16	14	11	11	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	9
Low °C	11	13	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	16	11	10	9	5	6	11	9	9	9	7	6
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	8	9	7	8	9	7	11	15	13	8	8	5	4	8	8	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.1 SE	-	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	18	16	15	14	16	15	14	14	12	16	14	18	16	13	13	11	14	13	-	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.2 E	1.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	14	10	10	17	12	21	20	18	16	16	5	-	12	16	15	14	13	-	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	1.7 WSW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	1.0 W	0.5 W	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	6	17	16	-	4	3	13	13	13	-	-

	Thursday 11							Friday 12								Saturday 13
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	14	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	3610	3193	1026	1631	1457	1063	2050	1944	1993	1624	1330	1514	1625	1161	2391	2500	1073	2180	2087	2034	1903	1268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:23AM 2.02				11:10PM 1.79				11:40AM 1.90					12:36AM 2.38				12:37PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		4:32AM 0.33				5:32PM 0.94				5:23AM 0.24				5:37PM 0.26					6:17AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	12	13	12	13	12	11	10	8	10	11	10	9	9	10	8	8	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	11	10	12	10	9	8	6	8	9	8	7	7	9	5	5	8	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	18	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	17	6	12	12	12	11	21	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 WSW	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	4

	Thursday 11
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	18	14	17	17	17	16	16	16
Energy	3697	3634	3610	3384	3242	3193	1280	1200	1026	1004	1741	1631	1595	1042	1457	2250	2646	1063	1022	2126	2050	2024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											10:23AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)					4:32AM 0.33												5:00PM 0.29	5:32PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	11	12	12	10	9	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	18	14	17	17	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	14	18	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4