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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	4	3	2	0	2	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	12	12	12	19	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	16	12	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	4131	5066	2039	399	173	194	477	494	972	2070	1686	651	337	722	983	288	1418	1882	820	4319	656	1518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 2.12	7:06PM 1.85	7:58AM 2.32		8:06PM 1.81	8:34AM 1.71		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69		10:06PM 2.00	10:57AM 1.71		12:04AM 2.26	12:31PM 2.24		12:43AM 1.92		1:04PM 1.86	1:21AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)			1:31AM 0.30		1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		2:38PM 0.42	3:42AM 0.42		3:48PM 0.43		4:51AM 0.41	5:40PM 0.90		6:18AM 0.97	6:47PM 0.83		6:53AM 0.29			7:27AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	15	15	11	17	16	17	16	15	12	16	21	18	11	13	11	13	14	10	14	16	12	11
Low °C	12	14	8	12	16	11	14	14	9	13	20	12	11	12	9	11	14	8	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	9	17	15	17	15	15	11	16	21	18	8	11	9	12	13	8	13	15	10	8
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.3 E	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	7	6	11	6	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	6	12	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	12	11	11	18	10	10	6	7	7	7	8	16	16	7	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	3.5 SW	-	1.9 SW
Period (s)	9	13	-	-	4	12	6	-	-	5	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	3	13	-	12

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	3	6	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	6	18	18	18	16	16
Energy(?)	1296	3957	5066	742	5876	2039	1592	557	963	733	262	263	415	194	71	125	311	540	662	933	533	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:08AM 2.38				7:06PM 1.85				7:33AM 1.77				8:06PM 1.81				9:00AM 2.25				8:52PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 0.30					1:31AM 0.30				1:34PM 0.37				2:53AM 0.94				3:01PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	15	14	11	9	8	8	12	16	22	22	17	14	12	11	13	16	16	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	12	9	7	6	7	10	15	22	22	17	12	10	9	11	15	16	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	6	6	6	6	18	6	18	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	6	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	13	8	13	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	-	12	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22	Monday 23
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	3	6	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	679	2014	4131	1349	6967	6952	6213	3089	5066	4509	2365	2212	3529	1002	2835	2816	2773	2039	1876	1645	901	901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	on	cross	on	on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:08AM 2.38											6:47PM 2.12	7:06PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)						12:59PM 0.27													1:31AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	9	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	9	7	7	8	6	8
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.2 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-