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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	4	4	3	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	1.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	15	14	12	11	11	10	16	16	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	523	282	1139	939	1538	1370	344	301	440	752	187	3870	2625	1819	1653	1400	1931	1529	736	504	366	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:14PM 2.10	1:43AM 2.15		1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78		1:59PM 1.97	2:41AM 1.85		2:53PM 1.79	3:17AM 1.90		3:29PM 1.85	3:54AM 1.94		4:07PM 1.89		5:03AM 2.40	5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)			7:32PM 1.05	7:25AM 0.49		7:38PM 0.39	8:06AM 0.41		8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		8:59PM 0.22	9:24AM 0.27		9:38PM 0.15	10:02AM 0.22		10:18PM 0.12	11:12AM 0.71		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	7	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	12	14	13	11	13	13	11	11	31	11	12	12	11	14	14	12	18	17	15	17
Low °C	12	15	11	14	12	9	11	12	10	11	31	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	14	16	12	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	12	14	12	11	12	11	9	9	31	9	10	10	9	13	13	11	18	16	13	17
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	11	15	15	13	13	9	10	10	15	14	12	11	11	10	9	16	14	14	14	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	8	9	9	8	8	9	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	13	18	16	9	8	8	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	12	11	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	523	319	366	822	915	1139	1099	513	939	1126	1538	1588	1436	1370	1244	1206	953	949	304	333	358	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	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)			1:14PM 2.10				1:23AM 1.71				1:38PM 1.66				2:03AM 1.78				2:44PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	7:09AM 1.18			6:55PM 0.47					7:25AM 0.49				7:38PM 0.39				8:06AM 0.41				8:59PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	16	15	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	12	14	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	16	11	16	14	12	10	10	9	14	14	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	13	11	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	12	11	11	10	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	6	7	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	17	17
Energy(?)	829	836	523	403	354	360	317	348	562	288	592	822	822	1138	915	967	1096	1139	325	486	441	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	off	off	cross- off	on	on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:56PM 1.59													1:43AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	7:09AM 1.18											6:55PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	12	12	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	9	10	13	14	13	15	14	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	11	10
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	6	6	6	9	9	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-