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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	0	5	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	14	7	9	14	9	9	12	13	11	19	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	13	12
Energy(?)	3585	3628	1519	298	227	111	665	1166	2338	3175	1925	649	500	943	1577	1591	3855	1900	2708	1977	1046	757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 1.83		10:29PM 1.75	11:07AM 1.87		11:29PM 1.81		12:01PM 1.91	12:20AM 1.86		1:14PM 2.32	1:32AM 2.35		1:59PM 2.36	2:14AM 2.39		2:39PM 2.38	2:07AM 2.19		3:16PM 2.40	2:45AM 2.17	3:30AM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.38		4:41AM 0.27	5:16PM 0.33		5:37AM 0.22		6:07PM 0.28	7:00AM 0.76		7:26PM 0.82	7:46AM 0.72		8:08PM 0.77	8:28AM 0.71		7:54PM 0.23	9:08AM 0.74		8:31PM 0.25	9:45AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	9	1	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	12	12	15	14	13	12	9	7	6	9	10	8	13	13	12	12	13	8	13	15	9	10
Low °C	10	12	12	11	12	9	8	7	3	6	9	7	9	13	10	10	12	5	8	12	7	8
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	13	11	10	5	2	2	8	8	6	12	11	8	10	12	6	12	15	7	8
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	16	14	9	7	9	14	16	15	12	13	11	10	16	7	15	14	14	15	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	1.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	18	12	9	14	9	9	12	12	10	15	15	13	19	10	16	8	10	10	9	9	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	1.0 NE	1.0 WSW	0.3 NW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.4 W	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	7	2	8	9	9	-	-	4	4	4	7	7	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	9	9	12	14	14	7	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	3585	3269	3628	3045	2184	1519	1134	983	1014	294	227	453	142	111	160	209	665	1229	1166	1016	1530	2427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:03AM 1.83				10:29PM 1.75				11:28AM 2.25				11:53PM 2.25				11:44AM 2.13	12:25PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)				4:18PM 0.38				4:41AM 0.27				5:42PM 0.96					6:07AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	10	12	12	13	12	14	15	15	15	11	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	11	10	13	14	14	14	8	11	10	10	8	7	5	5	4	2	2	1	2
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	9	9	9	14	14	16	16	15	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	8	12	12	12	12	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 NE	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	2	2	2	3	8	7	9	9	9	9

	Tuesday 16																	Wednesday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	4239	7608	3585	3442	3331	3269	3269	3613	3628	977	986	976	876	867	826	827	610	794	611	521	611	422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					10:03AM 1.83												10:52PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)											4:34PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	12	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	8	11	12	11	11	10	11	12	10	8	9	10	10	9	10	12	11	11	13	12
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	0.9 S
Period (s)	20	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	15	9	9	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	15	15	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NW	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5