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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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	Thu	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	0	1	4	0	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	15	15	14	14	13	16	8	10	9	8	10	9	10	10	15	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	328	1636	1798	697	578	298	230	152	1342	1303	2343	1201	738	468	125	514	887	461	1284	2487	1936	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 1.80		8:25PM 1.72	9:16AM 2.22		9:23PM 1.64	9:50AM 1.62		10:23PM 1.60	10:25AM 1.78		11:00PM 1.79	12:05PM 2.14		12:18AM 1.62	12:57PM 2.14		1:27AM 2.18		1:46PM 2.16	2:14AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.25		2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36		3:30PM 1.03	3:38AM 0.45		4:25PM 1.10		4:12AM 0.60	4:58PM 0.50		5:46AM 1.19	5:31PM 0.60		6:44AM 1.20		7:13PM 1.12	7:07AM 0.53		8:02PM 1.06
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	4	16	2	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	14	14	20	20	20	15	11	14	16	13	18	18	16	12	12	12	12	12	11
Low °C	14	16	15	10	11	18	19	19	11	10	12	15	10	15	16	14	11	11	11	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	12	12	20	20	20	13	8	12	14	11	18	18	15	11	10	11	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.4 NE	2.1 SSW	0.1 NE	1.0 SSE	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	17	16	15	10	14	14	7	16	8	10	11	9	10	9	10	10	15	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	5	6	6	9	15	10	5	7	8	-	15	18	11	9	10	9	17	10	8	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	0.8 NW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	4	12	12	6	2	-	4	3	9	8	10	9	8	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thu	Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	17	17	12	12	9	9	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16
Energy(?)	991	1006	848	809	270	387	1798	1807	1202	2116	691	1063	578	302	659	994	319	230	181	412	152	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- 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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 1.82				8:23AM 2.29				8:50PM 2.27				8:32AM 1.92				9:46PM 2.21					10:12AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			1:49AM 0.25				2:19PM 0.33				2:22AM 0.42				2:50PM 0.48				3:57AM 1.04
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	14	13	16	17	17	15	14	12	12	10	11	13	17	20	19	19	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	15	12	11	15	16	16	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	16	20	19	19	18	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	17	16	16	7	7	9	9	10	15	14	14	14	14	5	13	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	18	18	17	12	6	7	16	15	15	14	15	10	5	5	5	5	13	6	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NW	1.1 NE	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	5	5	6	7	12	12	9	9	-	-	2	5	-	-	5	4	5	5	3	9

	Thursday 08				Friday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	17	17	16	12	16	16
Energy(?)	1173	1052	991	976	331	328	918	935	271	880	509	809	502	300	1225	1610	353	387	388	1822	467	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 1.82												7:40AM 2.04	8:23AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)							1:49AM 0.25													2:19PM 0.33
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	18	17	19	17	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	15	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	16	19	17	14	14	14	11	11	11	12	14	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	18	6	18	18	18	18	18	6	6	12	12	12	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	5	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	12	12	6	7	7	12	7	7

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