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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	3	4	3	2	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	13	7	8	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	6	20	18	16	16	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	250	215	463	751	1755	1467	2700	1324	940	781	2158	884	491	106	217	731	460	2696	2028	1212	235	1365
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38			7:13AM 2.04		8:06PM 1.81	8:34AM 1.71		8:52PM 2.01	9:44AM 1.69		10:28PM 1.79	10:57AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77		1:28PM 0.79	1:08AM 0.34		2:21PM 0.86	2:34AM 0.38		3:01PM 0.36	3:19AM 0.50		4:09PM 0.35		4:51AM 0.41	4:57PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	4	1	-	1	10	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	14	13	12	10	14	17	13	13	15	13	15	19	14	15	15	12	16	16	12	12	10
Low °C	18	11	12	10	10	11	13	10	13	14	9	12	16	11	13	13	9	12	15	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	18	13	10	9	6	12	16	10	10	13	12	14	19	14	14	14	12	16	16	11	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	15	13	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	6	10	18	16	16	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	14	8	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	14	10	10	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 WNW	-	2.3 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	8	7	8	5	-	6	10	8	-	-	4	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	6	7	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	7	7	8	13	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	7
Energy(?)	250	544	490	215	234	262	463	585	701	727	1008	897	1502	3344	3655	3300	1502	2283	2142	1459	1302	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross
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
High Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 2.42				5:42AM 2.42				5:59PM 2.43				5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89				6:22AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)				11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71				11:26PM 0.17				12:09PM 0.23				12:35AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	3
Temp. °C	19	18	14	12	12	11	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	15	18	13	12	11	10	13
Chill °C (?)	19	18	13	11	11	8	9	10	9	8	6	6	7	8	10	15	18	11	10	8	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 E
Period (s)	14	7	7	15	15	7	13	12	12	12	12	11	8	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	14	12	7	9	15	14	14	14	13	11	11	15	11	10	10	8	8	6	9	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 W	-	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	-	0.7 NE	1.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	-	3	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	13	5	5	-	4	5	6	7	7

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 W	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	6	7	7	7	7	14	14	15	15	15	15	6	14	14	14	14	6
Energy(?)	257	193	250	250	183	544	556	488	490	490	286	286	215	480	485	470	538	413	464	602	721	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					5:17PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	17	18	18	16	15	14	13	12	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	16	18	18	15	14	13	12	9	10	12	9	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	14	14	14	12	12	12	6	6	7	9	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6