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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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	1	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1635	761	423	318	2065	1446	1148	1574	1521	1320	1647	1584	1825	1610	1186	941	765	2948	62	2149	979	969
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:41PM 2.29	3:01AM 2.33		2:50PM 1.75	3:13AM 1.82		3:28PM 1.75			4:29PM 2.27		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52PM 0.97	9:13AM 1.02		8:51PM 0.33	9:51AM 1.03		10:07PM 0.98	9:59AM 0.41		10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	12	11	16	16	12	19	17	17	10	11	10	15	15	11	11	14	10	19	13	10	15
Low °C	17	12	9	15	15	11	16	15	11	10	10	9	13	14	8	11	12	8	19	12	8	12
Chill °C (?)	18	10	10	15	15	12	19	17	17	9	10	9	14	14	10	8	12	7	19	12	9	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	15	12	12	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	9	4	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	0.5 NW	-	1.5 W	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	6	12	12	2	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18					Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	369	1657	522	529	716	759	570	638	318	1211	747	1822	1637	1446	1256	1148	1148	1285	1574	2039	1708	1521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:41PM 2.29				3:01AM 2.33				3:18PM 2.30				3:13AM 1.82				3:28PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	7:39AM 0.39				8:13PM 0.32				9:13AM 1.02				8:51PM 0.33				9:17AM 0.38				9:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	13	13	12	11	9	12	15	16	15	15	12	11	11	11	17	19	17	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	12	12	11	10	7	11	15	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	17	19	17	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	12	5	13	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	2.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	-
Period (s)	3	10	3	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-

	Tuesday 18																Wednesday 19
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	331	1322	1635	1635	864	812	1657	772	522	762	529	691	704	684	716	716	759	759	688	660	613	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:13PM 1.75												2:34AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	7:39AM 0.39	8:33AM 1.00												8:13PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	18	18	18	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	18	18	18	16	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	14	15	14	13	13	14	12	14	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	10	10	10	-	-	10	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-