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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	7	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1202	5163	5593	3069	4246	2727	835	887	965	662	183	370	343	230	78	3742	5341	2020	1775	1733	1296	954
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 1.53	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.84	11:15AM 1.95		11:35PM 1.97	12:05PM 2.07		12:25AM 2.12	12:53PM 2.18	1:10PM 1.92	1:32AM 1.99		1:58PM 2.00	2:23AM 2.10		3:19PM 2.55	3:44AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 0.55		4:12AM 0.54	4:43PM 0.55		5:03AM 0.42	5:48PM 0.35		5:51AM 0.28	6:33PM 0.24		6:40AM 0.16		7:19PM 0.13	8:24AM 0.70		8:07PM 0.04	8:36AM 0.01		9:35PM 0.63	9:29AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	9	10	11	9	11	11	9	15	17	12	20	20	16	12	12	12	18	17	17	22
Low °C	10	10	7	9	11	6	9	10	8	11	14	10	17	16	13	11	11	11	12	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	8	10	5	6	8	6	10	9	8	15	17	11	20	20	16	10	11	12	18	17	17	22
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	3.0 SSW	0.3 NE	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	20	12	18	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	7	14	8	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	20	-	16	-	8	9	8	6	16	10	11	-	-	16	15	15	11	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	2.3 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	13	13	12	12	-	9	-	4	-	-	3	5	3	8	13	-	-	-	3	5

	Thursday 30							Friday 31								Saturday 01
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12
Energy(?)	1879	1846	2333	1547	2540	2849	3110	5593	3937	3449	4684	2790	2580	3673	3266	4253	4865	2039	1905	562	521	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)			9:49AM 1.59				9:48PM 1.75	10:10PM 1.53				10:23AM 1.86				11:29PM 2.15				12:00PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	3:38AM 0.54				3:53PM 0.65					4:12AM 0.54				5:02PM 0.46				5:19AM 0.35				5:48PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	11	12	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	9	8	6	6	9	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	6	6	8	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	5	6	8	7	6	5	3	3	7	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	18	12	12	12	12	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	16	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	8	-

	Thursday 30
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1692	1788	1879	1055	1074	1162	1182	2255	1202	1392	2414	1547	1598	7806	5163	1144	5677	5768	5920	1673	1699	5991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									9:28AM 1.79													10:10PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			3:38AM 0.54													4:17PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3
High °C	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	10	11	13	12	12	14	13	12	9	10	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	8	6	7	10	8	8	12	10	9	5	6	5	6	6	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	13	-	-	-	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	4.5 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	3	12	13	13	3	3	13