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 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 S	2.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 E	1.2 SW	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	9	9	5	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	6	11	6
Energy(?)	972	2198	1811	1255	252	208	507	676	1095	1747	1917	1617	444	353	644	221	208	168	279	328	344	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:25AM 1.78		11:00PM 1.79	12:05PM 2.14		12:18AM 1.62	12:57PM 2.14		1:27AM 2.18		1:24PM 1.63	2:14AM 2.20		2:31PM 2.18	2:32AM 1.79		2:28PM 1.97	3:10AM 1.84		3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		4:12AM 0.60	4:38PM 0.59		5:46AM 1.19	6:19PM 1.15		6:44AM 1.20		7:13PM 1.12	7:07AM 0.53		8:02PM 1.06	8:28AM 1.11		8:06PM 0.40	8:35AM 0.44		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	13	17	15	13	14	13	12	11	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	12	13	12
Low °C	10	11	14	10	15	15	12	13	12	10	11	11	10	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	13	11	17	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	14	11	10	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	10	11	15	8	8	9	16	14	9	8	8	7	10	9	6	7	6	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2541	2451	1003	1868	615	1948	2032	1455	1104	1255	1375	558	252	204	318	527	992	899	420	503	676	912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:59PM 1.81					11:10AM 2.14				11:42PM 2.16				12:05PM 2.14				11:57PM 1.82				12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				4:12AM 0.60				5:22PM 1.14				5:27AM 0.55				5:49PM 0.51				6:19AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	11	13	14	15	13	11	10	10	15	17	15	15	13	14	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	6	6	8	11	12	14	11	9	8	8	14	17	14	14	12	13	11	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.3 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	15	14	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	18	10	16	15	10	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 NW	-	-	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	5	-	-	8	10	10	10	-	4	4	-

	Sunday 11				Monday 12
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	9	9	11	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1345	2541	2541	2368	930	972	3578	688	678	678	2993	3018	2165	615	615	2198	2069	1413	2026	2051	2032	1844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:59PM 1.81													10:48AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)										4:50AM 1.13												4:58PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.8 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	2.1 S	0.1 E	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	14	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	14	13	11	15	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	9	9	11	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9