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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	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	2	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	761	423	324	2065	581	1148	1574	1521	1320	1647	1584	1825	1610	1186	399	765	2948	2742	2149	1401	424	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:34AM 1.81		2:50PM 1.75	3:39AM 2.33		3:54PM 2.30			4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		4:53AM 2.02	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69	6:54PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		8:13PM 0.32	8:37AM 0.36		9:30PM 0.97	9:17AM 0.38		10:07PM 0.98	9:38AM 0.46		10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:04AM 0.54		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48		1:02PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	16	16	12	20	21	19	10	10	10	14	15	11	16	13	10	14	13	9	11	12
Low °C	13	10	15	15	10	17	20	12	10	10	9	13	14	9	14	12	7	11	11	7	10	12
Chill °C (?)	12	10	16	15	10	20	21	19	9	8	9	13	14	10	15	10	7	13	12	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	1.8 SW	0.3 NE	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	9	12	9	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	9	13	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.3 W	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	3	12	12	12	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	522	691	716	759	570	638	318	788	962	1822	1637	1446	1256	1148	520	1285	1574	2039	1708	1521	1323	1218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 2.29				3:01AM 2.33				2:32PM 2.01				3:13AM 1.82				3:28PM 1.75				3:52AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 0.32				9:13AM 1.02				8:51PM 0.33				8:58AM 0.43				9:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	13	14	12	13	10	11	14	16	17	15	12	11	11	12	17	20	20	19	19	18	14	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	12	9	10	13	15	16	14	12	11	10	12	17	20	20	19	19	18	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	12	12	5	13	11	11	16	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	4	4

	Tuesday 18	Wednesday 19
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 SW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1657	772	761	762	534	691	544	481	65	716	759	759	688	660	36	613	663	663	663	509	489	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)														2:34AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)								8:52PM 0.97												8:37AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	12	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	13	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	14	12	14	14	5	12	5	5	5	5	4	5	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	5	5	5	-	-