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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	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	930	1423	870	724	832	1109	1047	1191	673	2280	1287	1129	528	824	1047	817	603	381	442	516	460	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:48PM 2.20		6:32AM 1.88	6:53PM 1.81		7:38AM 2.31		7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56		9:37PM 1.56	10:03AM 1.51		10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		11:45PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	11:39AM 0.21		12:22AM 0.18	12:47PM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	2:01AM 0.42		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53		3:21PM 0.54	3:54AM 0.60		4:18PM 0.58		4:53AM 0.63	5:15PM 0.58		5:49AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	13	15	12	18	17	12	13	15	11	14	14	11	11	14	13	15	15	13	23
Low °C	14	19	12	12	14	10	15	15	10	12	14	10	12	13	10	10	14	12	14	15	13	18
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	12	14	11	18	16	11	11	14	9	13	14	9	11	14	13	14	14	11	23
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	7	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	5	7	7	6	7	6	6	14	15	10	9	9	9	8	13	9	9	9	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.8 NW	1.2 W	-	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	5	-	4	6	-	13	13	-	-	-	3	4	8	-	9	6	6	6

	Thursday 05					Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	821	1062	1423	1287	1117	870	361	723	724	704	746	808	1481	1109	1326	1048	1047	1014	1191	1601	2122	1909
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:06PM 1.91				6:32AM 1.88				6:53PM 1.81					7:18AM 1.76				7:42PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		11:39AM 0.21				12:22AM 0.18				12:47PM 0.27					1:10AM 0.30				1:35PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2
Temp. °C	14	16	19	21	18	18	14	12	12	13	15	14	12	11	10	12	15	18	18	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	14	16	19	21	18	18	13	11	11	12	14	13	11	10	8	10	14	18	18	14	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	-	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	3	4	-	6	6	-	-

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	653	694	930	1057	1192	1214	543	1409	1423	1288	1292	1287	1250	1127	1117	965	944	870	818	844	842	789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:06PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)						12:01PM 0.18												12:22AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	11	13	14	16	17	17	17	20	21	21	21	21	18	17	18	19	19	18	17	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	16	17	17	17	20	21	21	21	21	18	17	18	19	19	18	16	13	10	11
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	4