Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	5	0	0	!	!	0	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	12	14	14	16	15	15	17	15	17	16	15	14	13	16	16
Energy	7853	8039	13647	30783	31837	15688	6771	3057	2122	1946	3583	1204	1000	1461	2257	3682	1097	1533	1200	619	647	1813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:19PM 1.85	7:37AM 1.80		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:01PM 1.89	9:45AM 1.68		10:14PM 1.72	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90		12:36AM 2.38		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22		1:34PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		1:43AM 0.59		2:23PM 0.44	2:53AM 0.46		2:55PM 0.46		3:42AM 0.40	4:06PM 0.35		5:04AM 0.98	4:42PM 0.33		5:23AM 0.24	5:55PM 0.22	6:30PM 0.89	6:17AM 0.15		6:33PM 0.20	6:54AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	10	8	10	11	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	14	11	12	11	11	12	14	16	16
Low °C	12	11	8	8	8	9	11	9	10	10	10	12	13	12	10	10	10	9	11	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	6	3	6	8	9	9	10	12	10	12	11	12	9	10	10	10	12	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	17	16	-	-	-	15	14	12	14	14	16	15	15	17	15	17	16	15	14	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	15	-	-	-	19	15	15	11	10	13	12	11	13	20	10	10	13	5	18	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.4 W	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	16	16	16	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	5	3	3	6

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	8	0	7	2	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.5 SW	7.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.5 SSW	8.0 SSW	7.0 SSW	6.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy	7853	4861	14097	8039	14409	4609	13647	22644	30783	42202	40698	31837	24917	19545	15688	18904	6771	6849	6012	3057	3369	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:39PM 1.63				7:37AM 1.80				8:28PM 1.64				8:50AM 1.60					9:01PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13PM 0.53				2:06AM 0.50				2:23PM 0.44				2:53AM 0.46				2:55PM 0.46					4:06AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	11	11	12	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	9	10	10	8	6	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	5	8	8	9	9	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	14	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	4.0 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	-	1.1 NW	2.4 W	5.5 SW	0.7 W	5.5 SW	7.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.5 SSW	8.0 SSW	7.0 SSW	6.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	16	4	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07											Monday 08
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	8	0	7	2	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.5 SW
Period(s)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	5386	7117	7853	7856	8208	4861	8208	13701	14097	14097	8302	8039	7605	14171	14409	14885	4667	4609	12051	12795	13647	19779
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:39PM 1.63												7:37AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.53													2:06AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	6	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	-	2.2 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.5 SW
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	4	4	16	16	16	16