Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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.

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Catlins Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Catlins Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Catlins Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Catlins Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Catlins Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Catlins Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Catlins Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Catlins Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Catlins Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Catlins Photos

Catlins Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	13	9	9	12	12	8	12	11	11	10	6	7	13
Energy	6713	3027	1499	1044	1345	1020	302	224	249	337	416	139	365	358	361	554	771	540	201	198	192	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 1.75		1:45PM 2.33	2:03AM 2.30		2:01PM 1.82	2:42AM 2.30		3:06PM 2.32	2:56AM 1.73		3:45PM 2.30		3:36AM 1.72	4:23PM 2.26		4:18AM 1.69	4:44PM 1.77		5:10AM 2.16	5:41PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.38		7:57PM 1.02	7:38AM 0.34		8:38PM 1.03	8:01AM 0.39		8:47PM 0.42	9:00AM 0.37		9:30PM 0.44	9:43AM 0.39		10:32PM 1.05	10:28AM 0.41		11:09PM 1.05	11:30AM 0.99		11:50PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	4	6	1	-	-	8	3	6	4
High °C	11	10	11	9	10	11	10	16	15	15	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	13	11	10	10	10
Low °C	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	13	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	7	8	10	8	15	15	14	12	12	11	10	9	9	11	13	11	6	7	9
Sunrise	-	8:14	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	11	11	10	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	4	9	9	8	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	8	11	10	9	10	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 W	-	0.5 NE	1.0 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	3	-	8	5	5	-	4	6	-	-

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6
Energy	7579	6713	5840	4886	3027	3401	1499	1997	1816	1044	1317	1180	1345	503	1020	730	521	302	250	274	224	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:56AM 1.75				1:45PM 2.33				1:18AM 1.99				2:01PM 1.82				2:42AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.36				6:40AM 0.38				7:03PM 0.44				7:38AM 0.34				7:45PM 0.45				8:01AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	9	9	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	11	10	9	8	9	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	7	7	10	11	9	8	7	8	9	9	8	10	9	8	6	7	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	-	-	4	9	9	9	8	9	12	6	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	5	5	6	6	6

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	8183	13021	7579	7274	6713	6713	6182	5921	5840	5356	5356	4886	3578	3315	3027	3868	3554	3401	3162	3162	1499	1470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							12:56AM 1.75													1:20PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 0.36	7:13PM 1.01											6:40AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	6	7	8	8	10	10	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-