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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	5	6	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	18	8	10	12	12	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	15	15	14	14
Energy	127	296	2728	2130	1754	2601	3495	5691	7992	5559	3880	1742	1132	1159	1041	1156	1395	3161	3084	3331	3094	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:00PM 2.37	6:59AM 1.87		7:37PM 1.93	8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		10:07PM 2.24	10:34AM 2.26		10:37PM 1.78	11:04AM 1.76		11:10PM 1.99	11:35AM 2.00		12:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43PM 0.72	1:12AM 0.86		1:22PM 0.17	1:59AM 0.27		2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.30		4:16AM 0.96	4:00PM 0.34		4:46AM 0.30	5:09PM 0.31		5:14AM 0.37	5:38PM 0.40		6:50AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	13	12	13	12	13	10	10
Low °C	10	11	7	6	9	8	11	9	7	7	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	9	9	8	9	9	6	9	9	9	10	9	10	13	12	13	12	13	10	10
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:08
Sunset	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	12	12	12	7	-	14	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	1.6 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	18	16	16	8	7	7	-	22	-	11	14	10	12	15	12	11	15	10	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 NW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	10	3	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	18	16	8	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16
Energy	127	120	296	354	1641	2728	1475	2027	2130	1946	1754	1491	2867	2601	2906	3350	3495	6353	5691	6676	7234	7992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:22AM 2.38				6:34PM 2.00				6:59AM 1.87				8:02PM 2.30				8:04AM 1.82				8:40PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			12:43PM 0.72				12:35AM 0.30				1:22PM 0.17				1:59AM 0.27				2:24PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	9	9	7	6	6	10	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	8	6	7	4	4	4	9	9	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	5
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	5	6	6	8	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	7	7	-	-	14	14	14	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	8	16	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.1 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	8	9	10	-	-	3	-	-	5	12	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	10	10	11	12	12
Energy	86	236	127	127	123	120	189	236	296	308	322	354	365	1496	1641	1811	1020	2728	2740	3952	1475	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:22AM 2.38												7:00PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)							12:43PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	11	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	5	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	18	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.7 W	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	5	3	-	-	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	-	-