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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	10	9	8	9	9	6	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	6	6	8
Energy(?)	807	786	889	722	261	155	203	690	614	637	733	2794	2725	937	687	557	1205	679	195	302	165	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:20PM 1.78	8:12AM 1.64		8:55PM 2.10	9:03AM 1.64		9:25PM 1.58	9:57AM 1.67		10:21PM 1.65	11:23AM 2.23		11:18PM 1.75	11:47AM 1.80		12:44AM 2.39		1:12PM 2.39	1:39AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 1.07	1:44AM 0.56		2:41PM 0.53	3:19AM 0.99		3:31PM 0.49	3:50AM 0.40		4:41PM 1.01		5:11AM 0.92	5:11PM 0.33		5:36AM 0.26	6:02PM 0.23		7:03AM 0.84		7:30PM 0.81	7:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	6	-	-	-	-	1	7	7
High °C	23	19	13	22	19	13	16	15	12	18	15	11	12	12	11	14	14	11	13	13	13	13
Low °C	19	18	12	17	18	11	14	14	8	15	11	10	11	12	10	12	14	9	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	23	19	11	22	19	12	15	13	10	18	13	10	11	10	9	12	12	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	9	10	7	8	9	9	10	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	-	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	9	15	6	13	10	-	10	10	10	-	4	6	8	10	9	11	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 WSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 NE	0.6 NNW	1.5 W	-	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	4	10	9	5	3	7	6	11	4	5	-	10	10	-	6	-	-	4	6	-	8

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	9	8	7	12
Energy(?)	790	672	419	849	758	572	791	776	699	672	722	348	150	209	315	295	247	199	203	213	245	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	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)			7:03AM 1.87				7:41PM 1.54				8:32AM 2.12				8:31PM 1.54				9:27AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.49				1:51PM 0.55				2:05AM 0.49				2:47PM 1.06				2:57AM 0.46				3:43PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	20	23	19	17	14	13	13	14	16	20	20	19	15	12	12	11	14	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	20	23	19	17	13	11	11	13	15	20	20	19	15	11	11	8	12	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	12	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	9	10	10	9	6	5	7	10	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	4	5	-	10	10	9	9	3	4	6	-	2	-	5	7	8	7	-

	Wednesday 26
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	8	11	8	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	814	404	526	759	740	672	762	784	807	807	803	849	470	835	786	814	752	551	558	490	480	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:24AM 1.65												7:59PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.49												1:54PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	17	16	16	14	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	19	19	19	19	18	17	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	16	15	15	13	16	18	19	20	22	23	24	19	19	19	19	18	17	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	11	11	11	7	11	11	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	-