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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	Tue		Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	12	5	13	12	7	8	6	11	16	15	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	654	332	136	221	245	597	289	625	354	712	213	965	2653	1423	881	443	226	668	817	908	828	1405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.55	11:22AM 2.07		11:59PM 2.09	11:45AM 1.73		12:38AM 1.64			1:23AM 1.71		2:02PM 2.14	2:03AM 1.78		2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		2:36PM 2.06	3:01AM 2.15		3:29PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	4:18PM 0.58		5:01AM 1.25	5:15PM 0.58		5:29AM 0.72	5:50PM 0.64		7:09AM 1.18	6:55PM 0.47		7:07AM 0.58		7:38PM 0.39	8:41AM 0.97		8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		8:43PM 0.25	9:56AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	13	17	13	20	21	19	13	16	13	15	14	12	13	13	11	12	13	11	11	11
Low °C	18	11	12	16	12	17	20	15	11	15	11	12	14	10	12	13	10	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	18	11	12	16	11	20	21	19	11	14	12	15	13	11	12	12	11	10	11	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	9	12	5	13	12	7	8	9	6	16	15	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	9	11	8	11	9	9	13	12	8	10	8	8	7	7	8	8	13	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	6	7	7	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	12	12	7	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	654	603	228	660	327	243	246	311	125	303	299	236	206	695	335	597	613	719	337	286	500	461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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)				10:42PM 1.55				11:08AM 1.50				11:22PM 1.76				12:07PM 1.53				12:19AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.58				4:30AM 0.74				5:15PM 0.58				5:49AM 0.61				6:07PM 0.54				6:40AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	16	12	11	11	13	15	13	14	12	14	12	13	15	20	20	18	18	18	15	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	11	10	11	13	14	11	12	10	14	10	12	14	20	20	17	18	18	14	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	9	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	10	13	6	12	12	12	8	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	11	5	11	9	9	8	12	8	8	5	12	6	14	9	9	9	13	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	9	-	-	-	2	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	8

	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	11
Energy(?)	722	751	306	635	255	389	339	553	228	588	588	332	239	529	327	426	419	410	243	246	136	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										10:42PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				4:18PM 0.58												4:53AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	18	18	16	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	18	18	14	15	15	15	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	6	6	9	11	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	3	3	4	3	4	4	-	4	4	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-