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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	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	4	3	2	2	3	0	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	15	13	12	8	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	20	18	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1416	659	241	209	444	691	670	3855	2961	943	858	3307	1718	791	541	278	218	789	1038	1569	1486	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:15AM 2.22	5:17PM 2.42		5:12AM 1.94	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:15PM 1.89		6:41AM 1.84		7:35PM 2.37	7:58AM 2.32		7:44PM 2.06	8:13AM 1.96		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69		10:28PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.12	10:23AM 0.22		11:00PM 0.12	11:24AM 0.20		11:45PM 0.16	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77	12:59PM 0.27	1:28PM 0.79	1:57AM 0.85		2:21PM 0.86	2:10AM 0.44		3:22PM 0.91	3:42AM 0.42		4:30PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	2	1	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	18	19	14	12	13	10	14	15	13	14	16	13	16	20	17	16	16	12	18	17	14
Low °C	12	14	18	10	12	11	9	11	14	10	14	14	9	11	19	13	14	15	10	14	16	13
Chill °C (?)	12	17	19	13	9	10	7	14	14	10	12	15	12	15	20	17	15	15	11	18	17	13
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	14	7	7	13	12	11	16	15	15	14	9	13	12	12	11	7	18	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	7	14	15	14	14	14	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	20	14	6	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	6	8	8	8	-	-	5	9	13	-	-	4	7	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	7	16	15	15	15	13	12	12	7	7	8	8	13	16	15
Energy(?)	1785	1159	533	929	659	269	718	518	469	209	504	251	444	560	691	857	1071	670	1358	2124	776	3136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off
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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:32AM 1.95				5:17PM 2.42				5:42AM 2.42				5:11PM 2.21				5:54AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		10:01PM 0.13				11:12AM 0.71				11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71				12:20AM 0.70				12:09PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	14	18	18	18	13	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	12	18	17	18	11	10	8	7	9	9	9	7	6	6	7	8	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	8	15	14	7	14	7	16	7	15	7	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	15	8	7	14	7	14	12	15	9	15	14	14	14	-	12	14	11	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	6	6	6	2	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	-	5

	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1996	1403	850	1719	1582	683	1380	618	1180	534	941	410	410	373	299	489	499	269	482	469	241	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:46PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				10:18PM 0.12												10:23AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	18	18	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	18	17	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	1.6 SW	1.1 SE	1.5 SW	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	16	8	16	16	8	15	8	15	8	15	7	7	7	7	15	14	7	14	14	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	16	8	8	16	8	16	8	15	8	15	15	15	15	8	8	14	7	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6	6