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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	8	7	11	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	13
Energy(?)	816	1161	1003	578	3597	2354	1030	778	195	274	310	7471	5049	3472	1601	374	588	663	1308	1676	1045	1038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.87	1:48AM 2.04		2:39PM 2.40	3:12AM 2.46		2:59PM 2.02		4:03AM 2.50	3:48PM 2.05		4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		5:47AM 1.98	6:06PM 1.91		6:32AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:56PM 0.64	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.53	10:58AM 0.65		11:22PM 0.55	11:43AM 0.68		11:35PM 0.08	12:01PM 0.18		12:22AM 0.18	12:47PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5
High °C	15	17	12	16	18	15	17	16	15	19	12	11	14	15	13	14	17	15	19	22	17	12
Low °C	12	15	9	12	17	11	15	14	14	16	11	10	12	14	10	13	16	12	16	21	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	10	16	18	13	16	15	15	19	9	8	12	13	12	13	17	15	19	22	17	11
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 ENE	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	10	13	13	11	11	12	6	8	8	10	9	12	11	10	12	12	12	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	13	11	11	15	11	9	12	10	11	-	-	9	9	13	10	11	16	11	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.5 NE	1.4 NE	-	1.3 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.6 W	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 WNW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	12	12	-	3	6	-	7	11	12	12	10	-	4	-	5	5	4	7

	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3571	1842	1564	1228	1226	1491	1011	1003	1463	2424	1892	3061	3597	4179	4201	3329	2667	1360	1030	945	778	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- 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)	1:16AM 2.35				1:41PM 2.33				2:16AM 2.41				2:39PM 2.40				3:12AM 2.46				2:59PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03AM 0.28				7:23PM 0.13				7:59AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.64				8:51AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	12	16	16	15	11	9	10	8	13	16	18	17	15	15	12	11	15	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	9	7	10	15	16	14	9	7	9	6	12	16	18	16	14	15	12	10	15	16	13	15
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	9	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	13	10	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	10	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	3	4

	Friday 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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2688	2418	2295	2295	3550	803	1628	1564	816	816	1320	472	480	1252	1226	1226	1067	972	972	1011	1011	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 2.35												1:41PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)							7:03AM 0.28												7:23PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	10	9	9	9	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	8	7	7	7	9	11	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	12	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	10	10	-	-	-