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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	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	0	2	3	4	4	4	0	3	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	1.8 E	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	7	12	14	15	14	14	14	15	6	7	12	11	11	10	10	16	6	14
Energy(?)	317	364	184	250	552	578	536	1419	1968	446	1672	243	634	810	699	455	174	153	126	264	460	1410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.78	9:27AM 2.12		9:25PM 1.58	9:57AM 1.67		10:21PM 1.65	11:23AM 2.23		11:48PM 2.29	12:18PM 2.31		12:15AM 1.87	12:42PM 1.88		1:39AM 2.48		1:36PM 1.95	2:06AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		2:41PM 0.53	2:37AM 0.53		3:43PM 1.05	3:50AM 0.40		4:21PM 0.42		5:11AM 0.92	5:39PM 0.96		6:07AM 0.88	6:02PM 0.23		6:30AM 0.19	6:53PM 0.14	7:30PM 0.81	7:25AM 0.13		7:46PM 0.06	8:19AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	13	1	-	7	-	-	1	10	8	6	-
High °C	23	18	13	15	15	12	16	15	12	13	12	11	12	12	10	13	12	12	12	13	13	14
Low °C	19	18	11	12	14	8	15	14	11	12	12	11	10	12	9	11	12	11	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	23	17	12	13	13	10	16	15	12	13	10	9	10	10	8	12	10	9	9	10	12	12
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	10	10	12	14	15	14	14	14	5	9	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	15	10	13	10	-	11	10	10	10	-	12	16	12	11	10	6	9	4	16	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 W	0.6 NE	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 NE	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.8 E	1.6 S
Period (s)	7	5	3	7	7	11	4	-	-	-	10	-	6	7	6	6	-	4	5	5	6	14

	Thursday 27							Friday 28								Saturday 29
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.6 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	721	585	72	243	175	230	221	355	363	224	250	247	256	1231	964	578	414	224	536	1055	1419	2024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:52AM 1.85				8:31PM 1.54				9:27AM 2.12				9:25PM 1.58				9:57AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 0.49				2:47PM 1.06				2:57AM 0.46				3:43PM 1.05				3:50AM 0.40	4:15AM 0.96				4:21PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	19	22	20	18	15	12	12	11	11	15	15	14	12	10	9	9	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	19	22	20	18	15	11	11	8	8	14	13	13	10	7	7	7	14	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	8	6	7	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	6	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	-	0.7 NE	0.6 SW	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	13	13	13	-	10	12	-	11	12	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 W	1.3 W	-	1.1 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	3	3	6	-	9	4	9	7	8	7	-	10	11	5	6	4	5	-	-

	Thursday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	734	744	129	877	349	585	602	631	687	378	416	252	209	260	364	353	336	137	230	221	221	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:12AM 1.64												8:31PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 0.49												2:41PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	15	13	13	15	17	17	19	20	23	23	22	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	15	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	11	11	14	16	16	18	20	23	23	22	20	17	17	18	18	17	17	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	5	16	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	10	6	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	5	9	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-