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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	5	0	0	!	!	0	9	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	17	17	16	16	16	15	13	12	14	14	16	16	14	17	15	18	16	14	13	12	16
Energy	3442	7782	7656	13559	27139	32539	15295	9105	4349	2246	2021	3205	1269	1841	1490	1748	1269	1568	1377	1632	1262	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 1.85	7:37AM 1.80		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:20PM 1.67	9:45AM 1.68		10:14PM 1.72	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90	12:10PM 2.39	12:36AM 2.38		12:37PM 2.02	1:01AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.53	1:43AM 0.59		2:23PM 0.44	2:53AM 0.46		3:14PM 0.40		3:42AM 0.40	4:06PM 0.35		5:04AM 0.98	5:00PM 0.29		5:23AM 0.24		6:30PM 0.89	6:00AM 0.18		6:51PM 0.17	7:51AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	10	8	10	10	12	11	12	13	11	13	14	13	10	10	9	11	12	13	15
Low °C	9	11	12	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	11	10	10	7	9	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	6	3	6	7	10	8	10	11	9	12	13	11	8	8	8	10	11	12	14
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	6.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	20	17	17	-	-	-	15	13	12	14	14	16	16	14	13	15	18	16	14	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	15	-	-	-	19	14	14	11	10	9	12	11	17	10	10	11	4	5	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	6	6	16	16	16	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	4	5	-	6

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	5	5	8	0	7	2	0	7	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	7	9	8	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.0 SSW	7.0 SSW	6.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s)	9	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	3442	5387	7782	4861	13701	7656	13993	4609	13559	19485	27139	38798	39892	32539	24993	20065	15295	13242	9105	7851	6170	4349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:09AM 1.55				7:39PM 1.63				7:37AM 1.80				8:28PM 1.64				8:50AM 1.60	9:19AM 2.17				9:20PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 0.53				2:06AM 0.50				2:23PM 0.44				2:53AM 0.46					3:14PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	5	8	7	10	10	9	10	9	6	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	5	7	7	10	8	8
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	3.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	6.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	20	18	17	17	17	17	14	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	21	-	15	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	15	15	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	14	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	-	1.1 NW	2.4 WNW	5.5 SW	0.7 W	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.0 SSW	7.0 SSW	6.5 SSW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	6	-	6	6	16	4	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	-	14	-	-	-	5

	Sunday 07																	Monday 08
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	5	5	8	0	7	2	0	7	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	7	9	8	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period(s)	9	9	9	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	2496	2880	3442	4434	3931	5387	5386	7254	7782	7782	8164	4861	8164	4952	13701	13701	8252	7656	7130	13932	13993	14141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)		7:09AM 1.55												7:57PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)								1:13PM 0.53													2:06AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	7	6	8	8	7	7	9	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	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
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	2.1 W	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	16