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 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	0	4	2	3	3	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	2.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	15	13	17	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	5
Energy(?)	626	465	248	318	158	211	493	360	268	104	381	1053	1162	448	1765	509	539	978	829	103	89	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:37AM 2.17	4:38PM 2.35		5:28AM 2.12	5:47PM 2.00		6:00AM 2.29	6:19PM 2.20		7:08AM 1.92		7:10PM 2.09	8:23AM 2.29		8:25PM 1.72	8:54AM 1.70		8:59PM 1.87	9:50AM 1.62		10:23PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	10:17PM -0.03	10:50AM 0.10		11:10PM -0.01	11:43AM 0.13		12:03AM 0.06	12:12PM 0.22		12:36AM 0.17		1:27PM 0.26	1:28AM 0.29		2:38PM 0.94	2:43AM 0.36		2:50PM 0.48	3:16AM 0.52		4:06PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	7	7	2	6	-	4	1
High °C	12	17	19	15	16	17	14	16	15	15	19	19	19	18	18	14	11	12	17	22	17	13
Low °C	11	16	18	13	16	17	12	15	14	13	18	15	15	17	16	11	11	12	11	19	15	11
Chill °C (?)	12	17	19	15	16	17	14	16	15	15	19	19	19	17	17	14	10	12	17	22	16	10
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	15	13	12	16	10	10	14	13	6	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	13	8	6	17	12	15	14	10	6	13	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.7 WNW	2.0 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	7	10	-	4	6	-	3	4	7

	Sun	Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	615	626	319	398	465	508	495	244	285	318	552	561	270	118	117	414	472	321	269	424	360	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:37AM 2.17				4:38PM 2.35				5:28AM 2.12				5:47PM 2.00				6:18AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		10:17PM -0.03				10:50AM 0.10				10:52PM -0.01				12:09PM 0.71				11:44PM 0.06				12:35PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	17	18	17	18	15	14	13	13	15	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	15	17
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	10	17	18	17	18	15	13	13	13	14	16	14	16	14	13	11	12	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	3	-	6	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 04				Monday 05
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	761	689	360	655	650	626	553	374	319	312	452	398	227	122	122	465	516	250	250	495	495	495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:20AM 2.44												4:55PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59PM -0.03	10:17PM -0.03												10:50AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	13	13	6	6	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-