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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	11	12	10	16	15	15	13	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1251	952	1856	1673	1134	416	531	745	403	941	1943	1406	1176	903	1216	1293	1205	1219	898	809	797	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 2.30		12:32PM 2.17	1:32AM 2.35		1:59PM 2.36	2:14AM 2.39		1:52PM 2.19	2:53AM 2.41		3:16PM 2.40		3:30AM 2.42	3:50PM 2.40		3:22AM 2.12	3:41PM 2.06		4:42AM 2.37	4:56PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 0.89	7:00AM 0.76		7:26PM 0.82	7:10AM 0.15		8:08PM 0.77	7:34AM 0.17		8:47PM 0.76	9:08AM 0.74		9:25PM 0.78	9:45AM 0.79		9:08PM 0.29	9:29AM 0.31		9:46PM 0.36	10:57AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	7	2	2	-	-	1
High °C	7	6	8	9	7	12	13	11	14	14	11	14	15	11	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	10
Low °C	6	4	5	8	3	8	13	9	11	13	7	9	15	9	9	8	8	9	10	7	9	9
Chill °C (?)	2	1	6	6	6	10	12	8	12	13	9	14	15	10	9	8	7	9	10	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	16	10	11	12	10	16	15	7	8	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	11	12	15	5	19	12	10	15	13	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	6	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	1.3 W	0.7 NW	0.5 N	1.4 NE	0.3 N	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	5	5	3	10	3	4	-	-	5	-	-	5	-

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	8	8	9	9	10	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	16	17	17	16	16	7
Energy(?)	1060	934	808	1355	1905	1659	1075	1568	1719	1697	1426	1134	872	604	503	528	531	623	622	497	439	827
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 2.28				12:46AM 2.30				12:32PM 2.17				1:32AM 2.35				1:13PM 2.19				2:14AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)			6:38PM 0.89				7:00AM 0.76				7:26PM 0.82				7:46AM 0.72				7:16PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	6	6	6	5	4	6	8	9	7	7	5	5	3	6	11	13	13	10	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	6	9	7	6	3	3	0	3	9	12	12	8	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	15	17	9	10	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	16	17	15	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	-	16	11	13	16	15	13	4	5	6	13	13	18	12	12	17	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	7

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	947	1151	1060	1227	954	1857	979	841	1258	1358	941	952	952	1009	1905	1887	1990	1604	1561	1832	1075	1275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 2.28												12:46AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)							6:38PM 0.89												6:10AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	3	2	3	6	7
Chill °C (?)	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	-1	-2	-1	3	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	11	15	11	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	16	16	16	17	11	11	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-