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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	2	2	3	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	8	13	8	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	15	13	12	11
Energy(?)	3915	2548	2513	1524	1736	854	799	360	333	244	506	2799	4921	3012	1743	1117	2371	846	1721	1237	787	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:31AM 1.95		9:03PM 1.98	10:25AM 2.23		11:04PM 2.26	11:33AM 2.24		12:12AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.27		1:16AM 2.35		1:13PM 1.87	1:48AM 2.04		2:39PM 2.40	2:25AM 2.36		2:59PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 0.42		2:56PM 0.44	3:31AM 0.46	4:13AM 0.98	4:45PM 0.95		5:18AM 1.00	5:51PM 0.92		6:27AM 0.98	6:58PM 0.85		10:58AM 0.07		7:23PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:02PM 0.07	9:25AM 0.72		9:48PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	12	13	13	12	13	14	11	16	18	18	17	17	12	16	17	11	17	16	13	16	17	15
Low °C	12	12	12	11	12	13	9	13	17	14	14	14	10	12	15	10	14	16	11	14	17	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	16	18	18	16	16	9	15	16	9	17	15	12	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	12	11	10	12	11	12	11	13	15	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	12	16	15	14	13	11	13	7	16	11	14	10	12	9	9	8	10	11	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.1 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	0.7 W	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	-	-	6	2	-	-	4	11	12	-	-	-	11	4	-	-	3	4

	Sun	Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSE	2.3 S	1.3 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	8
Energy(?)	2829	4053	3562	1921	2548	2720	2513	2740	2716	1524	1373	1282	2090	1407	1362	1070	1020	555	526	365	512	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:01PM 1.99				9:20AM 2.24				9:56PM 2.25									11:04PM 2.26				11:33AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)			2:27AM 0.42				3:41PM 0.94					4:13AM 0.98				4:20PM 0.35				5:18AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	23	14	14	11	10	10	9	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	23	12	13	10	9	9	7	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.7 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 S	0.7 SW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	19	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	12	14	14	14	11	13	11	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	7	10	18	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 25	Monday 26
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	6:30AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.0 SW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2980	2789	2829	2850	4268	3915	3884	3517	3333	3230	3082	2979	2841	426	2238	2162	2144	2720	1822	2533	2149	2621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 1.99												5:39AM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)									3:14AM 0.93												3:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	1.0 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	11	11	11	11	17	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.6 SE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10