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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	Sun		Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	5	2	0	0	9	8	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	12
Energy	3350	1481	1599	1368	2049	1765	2137	6586	3078	3780	3791	7121	11156	11102	7545	4278	3113	1624	1298	587	524	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:07PM 2.24	10:08AM 1.77		10:37PM 1.78	11:28AM 2.28		11:28PM 1.76			11:56PM 1.99		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:02PM 2.04	1:36AM 1.74		1:43PM 2.05	1:58AM 1.99		2:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	3:23PM 0.25		3:54AM 0.29	4:18PM 0.28		5:13AM 0.97	5:36PM 0.95		6:04AM 0.97	5:56PM 0.34		5:58AM 0.38		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		7:23PM 0.38	7:20AM 0.39		7:45PM 0.45	8:18AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	13	13	8	9	6	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	12
Low °C	8	9	9	12	8	8	8	4	7	7	9	11	10	7	8	10	9	9	10	7	7	9
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	12	11	5	7	3	7	8	6	7	8	7	8	8	9	8	10	8	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-
Sunset	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	11	12	15	14	14	13	12	-	-	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	10	16	10	10	11	12	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	11	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	12	11	-	-	-	-	13	14	15	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	5

	Sunday 24			Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	3350	1764	1679	1481	1172	1827	1599	1385	1368	1297	4162	2049	830	1823	1765	2398	2137	5708	6494	6586	6024	5393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:07PM 2.24				10:08AM 1.77				10:37PM 1.78				11:28AM 2.28				11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 0.86				3:54AM 0.29				4:18PM 0.28				4:46AM 0.30				5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	12	13	12	13	12	9	8	8	8	9	7	6	5	4	5
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	8	9	7	7	11	12	11	11	10	6	6	5	5	7	4	3	2	0	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.5 S	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.2 NNW	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	3	12	12	-	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	4028	3663	3350	3350	3196	1764	1740	1739	1679	1502	1481	1481	1418	1225	1172	1036	1016	1827	1827	1750	1599	1602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:07PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)				3:23PM 0.25													4:16AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4