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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	0	0	3	4	0	4	0	0	5	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	15	14	6	14	12	8	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	7	12	19	17	16
Energy(?)	2440	1991	677	352	246	548	413	590	1271	770	2445	576	5986	6632	1755	1146	587	143	128	552	450	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 2.38		5:03AM 2.40	4:46PM 1.91		4:54AM 2.21	5:11PM 2.21		5:36AM 2.17	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38			7:58AM 2.32		8:34PM 2.30	9:00AM 2.25		9:42PM 2.26	10:11AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 0.74		10:56PM 0.66	11:12AM 0.71		11:37PM 0.66	11:04AM 0.22		12:20AM 0.70	11:48AM 0.25		1:06AM 0.77			1:08AM 0.34		1:57PM 0.32	2:53AM 0.94		3:22PM 0.91	3:56AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	12	17	18	12	13	13	11	14	15	12	13	13	12	16	18	15	13	15	12	15
Low °C	12	14	12	15	13	10	12	12	9	11	14	10	13	12	8	12	17	14	13	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	16	18	10	10	10	8	13	13	11	10	11	10	15	17	14	12	14	12	15
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 SSW	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	16	8	7	7	7	14	12	11	7	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	7	7	14	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	18	9	16	15	14	15	13	14	11	16	10	7	9	9	9	8	7	12	5	7	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	0.7 WNW	-	0.8 ENE	1.5 NE	-	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	6	6	7	8	8	-	10	6	13	13	5	-	4	7	-	4	4	-

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	6	14	6	15	15	14	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1400	1370	1442	1403	2360	1089	1403	1173	547	720	352	269	246	747	441	548	537	248	413	548	590	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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)		4:26AM 2.36				4:38PM 2.38				4:15AM 2.22				4:46PM 1.91				5:42AM 2.42				5:59PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)				10:33AM 0.74				10:01PM 0.13				11:12AM 0.71				11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	12	12	12	15	16	14	12	12	12	13	15	18	18	12	13	10	10	11	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	14	15	13	11	11	12	13	14	17	18	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	16	8	15	7	7	7	14	14	7	6	15	14	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	16	16	9	8	15	8	15	14	14	8	12	15	15	6	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	6	6	5	6	4	2	7	8	8	8

	Wednesday 18
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	18	10	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1461	1307	1400	1381	1763	1370	1923	2268	1442	2324	1324	1403	1345	2434	1991	1179	2065	1089	938	896	850	836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:26AM 2.36											3:50PM 2.18	4:38PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:56PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	14	14	16	13	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.8 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	18	10	9	9	9	16	9	16	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 E	1.3 SSE	1.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	8	8	8	16	9	16	9	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-