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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	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	9	9	5	0	5	4	4	3	3	2	0	4	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	15	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1111	5986	9533	5387	8761	13021	1873	2037	1461	988	312	269	1402	576	856	386	233	493	1105	1872	1346	1161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 1.88			1:09AM 1.98		1:39PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.85		2:18PM 1.82	2:42AM 1.92		3:27PM 2.41	3:05AM 2.24		3:37PM 1.98		4:02AM 1.99	4:21PM 2.02		4:28AM 2.27	4:50PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 1.03		6:49AM 0.48	6:48PM 0.43		7:13AM 0.45		7:44PM 0.26	8:09AM 0.28		8:25PM 0.16	9:23AM 0.74		8:50PM 0.10	9:28AM 0.14		9:49PM 0.06	10:11AM 0.11		11:10PM 0.65	10:37AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	15	14	15	15	12	15	15	16	15	13	10	14	13	12	11	13	12	15	17
Low °C	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	11	13	14	12	15	12	7	10	13	11	10	12	10	12	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	14	12	13	14	10	14	14	16	13	11	8	13	11	11	9	11	10	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	8:08	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	20	15	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	6	8	8	8	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	20	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	13	13	11	12	8	10	8	10	7	10	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 W	2.1 SW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	13	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	4	6	4	12	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	3	4

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	534	2673	5144	3187	4695	6981	9533	11086	12096	10846	9369	3773	3112	4407	13021	5649	4184	3461	3030	1118	1712	1468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)				12:28AM 1.88					1:01PM 1.64				1:49AM 2.19				1:39PM 1.73				1:48AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		6:04PM 0.55				6:32AM 0.56					7:03PM 0.37				7:30AM 0.38				7:44PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	11	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	20	20	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.6 W	-	-	1.7 W	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	11	13	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14										Sunday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	10	6	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	17
Energy(?)	577	1109	2521	1111	2673	2673	3779	4258	5144	5252	5603	1633	1788	4071	7058	7690	8244	8733	8733	12347	10304	10706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)													1:04AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)						6:04PM 0.55												6:49AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	20	20	12	20	20	20	20	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	15	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	20	9	20	12	12	20	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.2 W	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	10	6	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	3	3	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-