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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	Thu	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	8	12	8	11	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	2653	1564	1090	1044	569	3949	2446	1014	273	319	204	286	1104	3678	2605	907	268	583	614	860	310	966
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 2.35		1:41PM 2.33	1:48AM 2.04		2:08PM 1.96	2:41AM 2.11		2:59PM 2.02	3:30AM 2.14	4:03AM 2.50	3:48PM 2.05		4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		5:47AM 1.98	6:06PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		7:34AM 0.91		7:23PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:18PM 0.05	9:25AM 0.72		9:10PM -0.01	10:13AM 0.66		10:00PM -0.02	10:58AM 0.65		11:22PM 0.55	11:43AM 0.68		12:07AM 0.62	12:01PM 0.18		12:51AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
High °C	12	16	17	11	16	18	15	16	15	14	17	12	10	14	17	13	17	18	15	20	21	18
Low °C	8	12	15	9	12	17	12	14	14	14	16	11	10	11	17	13	15	17	11	16	20	11
Chill °C (?)	9	15	16	9	16	18	13	15	14	13	16	9	7	12	16	11	17	18	14	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	2.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 ENE	2.0 SW	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	9	6	8	8	9	12	10	14	9	12	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 E	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	10	11	11	11	14	11	12	12	12	12	-	9	9	11	13	9	8	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	-	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.5 NW	0.3 NE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	12	-	11	10	-	12	12	-	4	6	-	12	8	11	10	9	-	4	9	-	6	3

	Thu	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	816	2698	3571	1842	1564	1228	1090	1408	909	1044	1488	1682	1696	3130	3949	4593	4364	3425	2519	1271	1014	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:16AM 2.35				1:13PM 1.87				2:16AM 2.41				2:39PM 2.40				3:12AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)					7:03AM 0.28				7:23PM 0.13				7:59AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.64				8:51AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	10	8	12	16	17	15	11	9	9	9	13	16	18	17	15	15	13	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	6	10	15	16	15	9	7	7	7	12	16	18	16	14	14	13	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	11	11	11	13	8	10	13	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	-	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 NW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	10	10	11	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	2

	Thursday 29	Friday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	11	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	753	754	816	2576	2632	2653	2531	2716	2405	2405	3550	1842	1714	804	816	816	472	472	431	1090	1090	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:50AM 1.94													1:41PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)													7:03AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	10	12	13	14	15	15	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	8	8	6	8	8	11	12	14	14	14	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	11	10	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	3