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 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	6	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.0 SW	1.2 SSE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	13	8	13	8	12	12	12	10	10	9	11	11	12
Energy(?)	6562	5457	3303	3612	2723	2637	1474	1564	797	791	320	272	298	1159	999	197	718	592	393	612	885	981
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 2.27		8:01PM 1.99	9:20AM 2.24		9:03PM 1.98	9:35AM 1.93		10:14PM 2.00	10:44AM 1.95		12:12AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.27		1:16AM 2.35		1:41PM 2.33	2:16AM 2.41		2:39PM 2.40	2:39AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 0.86		1:56PM 0.42	2:27AM 0.42		2:56PM 0.44	3:31AM 0.46		4:00PM 0.43		4:38AM 0.46	5:05PM 0.37		6:27AM 0.98	6:58PM 0.85		7:34AM 0.91		8:00PM 0.75	8:33AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	23	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	16	15	17	19	16	13	16	17	12	15	15	17
Low °C	10	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	13	9	13	15	14	19	13	9	13	15	9	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	9	16	14	17	19	15	11	15	16	11	15	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	4.5 S	0.9 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	12	13	13	9	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	10	20	9	11	12	16	15	11	13	11	11	7	16	11	6	10	10	7	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 S	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 NE	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	-	11	10	10	9	7	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	6	-	10	10	-	4	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 25								Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	5.0 S	6.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	18
Energy(?)	4801	6562	10482	7555	10670	8676	3303	2905	2547	2124	1996	1869	2723	2852	2637	2582	2469	1474	1368	1250	1046	717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:57PM 2.29				8:22AM 2.27				8:01PM 1.99				9:20AM 2.24				9:56PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			1:29AM 0.36				1:56PM 0.42				2:27AM 0.42				3:41PM 0.94					4:13AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	6	5	3	5	2	1	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	26
Chill °C (?)	7	6	7	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	4.0 S	4.0 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 SW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	10	10	20	20	19	15	14	9	11	11	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	5.0 S	6.0 S	5.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	7	-	-

	Saturday 24				Sunday 25
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	2:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	6.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	6.0 S	6.0 S	5.5 S	5.5 S	5.0 S	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16
Energy(?)	3737	4325	7404	8142	5913	10037	10128	10255	10482	9542	8540	7555	5469	11207	10670	9608	7978	7489	6954	6407	5950	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:57PM 2.29													8:22AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)							1:29AM 0.36													2:43PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	23
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 S	6.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	6.0 S	6.0 S	5.5 S	5.5 S	5.0 S	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5