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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Catlins Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	7	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	14	13	11	10	10	15	11	20	18
Energy(?)	4818	2538	4374	2108	2216	1730	1253	1116	890	753	795	507	459	865	1776	451	302	249	649	415	1129	6548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:57AM 2.05		3:24PM 2.14		3:54AM 1.80	4:04PM 2.15		4:18AM 2.08	5:34PM 2.32		5:50AM 2.31		6:18PM 2.31	6:38AM 2.31		6:39PM 1.81	7:31AM 2.30		7:32PM 1.78	8:30AM 2.28		9:00PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		9:07AM 0.28		9:54PM 0.33	10:07AM 0.22		10:16PM 0.35	10:34AM 0.23		11:46PM 0.80		12:13PM 0.75	12:33AM 0.82		12:31PM 0.24	1:01AM 0.31		1:27PM 0.28	1:57AM 0.31		2:50PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	11	8	8	9	8	8	10	7	8	8	7	8	9	8
Low °C	11	10	10	8	8	8	6	6	9	7	7	8	4	5	7	6	6	8	6	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	9	10	9	7	7	9	6	5	6	5	5	9	5	8	8	4	8	8	5
Sunrise	-	8:25	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	14	13	11	10	10	15	11	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	18	16	15	14	13	18	16	15	14	13	14	14	14	11	11	12	12	12	10	13	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	-	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	6	5	4	-	3	4	4	3	4	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	1	3	5	7	7	7	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	3.0 E	4.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2314	3251	2795	4693	5034	4109	2377	4251	2796	2108	2043	1835	1803	1532	1730	1663	1413	1832	1929	1048	1116	1089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:57AM 2.05	3:14AM 1.78				3:24PM 2.14				4:24AM 2.28				4:22PM 1.90				5:06AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:51PM 0.40					9:07AM 0.28				10:20PM 0.84				10:42AM 0.74				10:37PM 0.31				11:27AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	11	9	9	8	8	7	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	9
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	9	8	8	6	6	5	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	3.5 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	18	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	18	16	16	13	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 E	4.0 E	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-