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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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	1	0	5	4	4	2	1	2	2	4	2	5	9	5	4	4	4	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	7.5 SSW	5.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	13	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	21	13	15	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	8	11
Energy(?)	5215	2784	33	27025	13409	3091	1917	899	445	153	224	390	698	2107	4699	11247	1769	2415	1497	540	1090	3334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:18PM 1.92	1:32AM 1.89		1:59PM 1.99	2:22AM 0.60		2:25PM 2.31	2:41AM 2.34	3:32AM 2.53	2:48PM 0.83	3:04AM 0.84	3:27AM 2.36	3:53PM 2.31		4:34AM 2.04	5:01PM 1.95		5:09AM 2.27	5:35PM 2.15		6:54AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			7:25PM 0.23	7:42AM 0.09		8:41PM 0.08	8:09AM 0.02		8:32PM 0.10	9:52AM 0.55		8:56PM 0.04	9:41AM 0.02		10:24PM 0.09	10:53AM 0.10		11:17PM 0.14	11:29AM 0.23		12:16AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	25	7	8	7	9	12	9	9	13	9	8	6	6	8	8	5	10	12	10	12
Low °C	6	6	16	7	7	4	6	12	8	8	13	8	7	6	4	6	7	4	7	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	3	4	25	2	4	3	7	12	6	7	12	7	6	2	2	6	7	3	7	10	7	9
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.6 NE	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	15	5	-	-	13	12	12	10	10	11	13	15	8	8	14	14	13	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	13	5	-	-	13	12	12	11	11	21	6	7	11	-	13	12	12	11	11	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	1.7 W	0.9 NW	7.5 SSW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	5	5	16	14	-	-	-	4	4	3	4	7	13	15	14	-	-	4	2	8	11

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	3:30PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	18	17	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1552	2897	5215	5223	5241	105	5762	7484	9715	6432	54	70	9637	6533	6527	4612	3469	2330	1313	1021	1344	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 2.26				1:18PM 1.92	1:38PM 0.90			1:16AM 2.16				1:43PM 2.25				2:14AM 1.97				2:41PM 2.04	3:17PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)			6:59AM 0.19				7:08PM 0.27					7:22AM 0.16			8:07PM 0.15				8:09AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	-	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	5	7	8	24	7	6	6	7	16	16	8	7	6	4	4	3	5	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	1	0	1	3	4	24	2	0	0	2	14	14	4	3	2	0	1	0	2	7	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	4.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	4	17	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	13	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	11	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ENE	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 NW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	14	5	14	14	14	4	2	4	14	14	13	-	-	-	3	4	3	5

	Saturday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	3:30AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	864	2472	2481	2628	2826	237	2246	2242	2459	1193	169	163	9683	3250	5241	5241	3995	3995	2345	5794	6819	1846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														1:02PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)							6:44AM 0.23													7:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	3	1
High °C	6	6	5	5	5	17	6	6	6	6	17	17	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	5	5
Chill °C (?)	2	1	0	0	0	16	1	1	1	2	16	16	3	3	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	9	13	13	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	16	6	6	13	13	8	8	12	12	13	13	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 ENE	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 W	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	4.0 SW	1.7 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	5	9	9	9	3	5	5	15	5	14	14	6	6	6	14	14	3