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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	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	4	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	18	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	6	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	247	199	168	246	940	609	2254	2617	1892	1804	1430	934	585	464	300	1019	975	829	626	395	497	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:39PM 2.07		4:08AM 2.20	4:59PM 2.56		5:04AM 2.17	5:53PM 2.50		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02		7:29PM 1.86	7:48AM 2.16		8:35PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.86		9:42PM 1.75	10:18AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.67		10:25PM 0.61	10:24AM 0.06		10:25PM -0.00	11:22AM 0.13		11:44PM 0.06	12:24PM 0.20		12:46AM 0.13		1:28PM 0.27	1:52AM 0.20		2:43PM 0.94	2:57AM 0.25		3:13PM 0.42	3:59AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	25	5	-	-	1	4	7	-
High °C	16	14	11	17	17	16	21	18	10	13	12	13	13	10	8	8	10	9	10	11	10	11
Low °C	15	14	9	15	17	13	19	13	8	11	12	12	12	9	8	8	10	8	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	16	13	10	17	17	16	21	18	8	11	10	12	12	8	7	5	7	8	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	6	7	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	6	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	6	8	11	10	6	10	10	9	-	-	-	6	5	10	8	-	-	6	14	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.7 NNW	1.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 E	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	4	6	-	13	-	4	6	-	7	4	5	-	4	6	-	4	6	6	6	-	5

	Thursday 06					Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	5	18	11	18	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	247	224	184	220	96	211	233	91	246	519	940	1182	1581	2141	2091	1537	820	2284	2466	2295	3155	2609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)								4:37AM 2.63				4:31PM 2.05				4:46AM 2.45				5:08PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)										10:24AM 0.06				10:44PM 0.00				11:22AM 0.13				11:44PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	14	15	12	10	9	9	15	17	17	17	15	15	16	15	17	21	18	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	15	16	13	14	11	8	8	7	15	17	17	17	14	14	15	14	17	21	18	7	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	0.5 SE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	11	7	12	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	19	8	8	11	16	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NE	0.6 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	13	6	-	-	-	3	5	4	6	5	-	-

	Thursday 06	Friday 07
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 W	0.6 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	20	20	5	9	6	6	18	18	18
Energy(?)	261	307	247	301	207	159	223	215	192	164	220	220	194	192	192	221	77	168	138	261	233	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:39PM 2.07													4:08AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)															9:49PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	16	15	15	14	12	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	15	13	12	13	14	15	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	7
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	19	6	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	5	-	-