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 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	1	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	9	9	8	11	16	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	11	14
Energy(?)	894	769	323	242	200	69	148	516	1049	1858	1359	1800	1904	1235	1117	204	178	185	192	196	477	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:48PM 2.05	3:15AM 2.17		3:39PM 2.07		4:08AM 2.20	4:59PM 2.56		5:33AM 2.59	5:53PM 2.50		6:30AM 2.51	6:06PM 2.21		7:04AM 2.02		7:29PM 1.86	8:08AM 1.93		8:59PM 2.26	9:37AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)			8:57PM -0.01	9:29AM 0.02		9:49PM -0.02	10:24AM 0.06		11:18PM 0.62	11:48AM 0.75		11:44PM 0.06	12:43PM 0.82		12:46AM 0.13		1:42PM 0.89	1:52AM 0.20		2:32PM 0.31	3:17AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	4	2	3	1	-	-	1
High °C	16	18	15	18	14	12	17	18	13	18	18	9	12	16	12	13	11	11	12	12	17	15
Low °C	14	17	14	14	14	9	15	15	12	18	11	8	11	15	12	12	10	9	12	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	17	14	18	12	11	17	18	10	18	17	8	10	15	10	13	9	9	10	10	17	15
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	10	9	9	8	6	16	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	6	7	20	6	11	10	18	10	10	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	7	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	1.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.9 WNW	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	4	-	4	6	13	10	4	-	3	4	6	-	-	6	-	-	4	4

	Wednesday 05					Thursday 06								Friday 07								Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	18	18	18	13	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	606	758	743	692	666	561	506	266	242	200	190	220	93	229	248	306	129	745	1768	2501	1007	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:48PM 2.05				3:15AM 2.17									4:08AM 2.20				4:31PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 0.02				8:57PM -0.01					10:04AM 0.67								10:24AM 0.06				11:18PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	16	15	17	14	13	14	15	18	14	15	12	11	8	9	14	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	17	14	13	14	15	18	13	14	11	9	7	7	13	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SE	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	5	11	13	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	6	7	6	6	6	6	19	8	18	18	16	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	640	910	894	894	762	762	775	389	402	379	410	758	435	446	666	664	336	561	548	535	286	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:19PM 2.55												3:44AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)		8:36AM 0.01												8:39PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	14	15	18	18	18	13	13	14	15	17	13	18	17	16	16	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	9	13	14	18	18	18	11	11	12	14	16	12	18	17	16	16	14	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	22	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.3 WNW	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	2	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-