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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	Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	5	0	7	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	14	13	19	18	18	16	10	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	655	286	263	312	273	63	61	128	72	108	537	1289	1449	882	4114	6069	6929	3826	3446	3123	1297	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:41AM 2.31	4:34PM 2.14		5:22AM 2.44			6:22AM 2.38		6:15PM 2.25	6:39AM 2.14		7:37PM 1.93	8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	8:47AM 2.03		9:41PM 1.82	10:34AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		9:33PM 0.14	9:56AM 0.03		10:54PM 0.16	11:43AM 0.67		11:32PM 0.25		12:43PM 0.72	12:35AM 0.30		1:22PM 0.17	1:59AM 0.27		2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.30		4:16AM 0.96	4:00PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	7	8	9	9	11	16	15	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	8	7	8	7	10	12
Low °C	8	6	6	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	5	5	7	6	7	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	7	7	7	9	14	14	8	10	8	11	9	8	8	5	5	8	7	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	14	13	13	18	5	5	10	12	12	13	-	-	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	10	9	9	20	10	19	11	18	16	16	12	5	5	-	-	-	-	12	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 NE	-	1.2 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	-	6	-	5	13	14	-	-	-	4	6	3

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	18	19	19	19	18	18	18
Energy	655	637	561	286	300	549	263	202	312	301	299	273	67	264	63	125	61	104	61	128	88	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:00AM 2.01				4:34PM 2.14				4:57AM 1.98					6:01PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)				9:33PM 0.14				9:56AM 0.03				10:54PM 0.16				10:56AM 0.08				11:32PM 0.25	12:13AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	7	7	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	11	11	9	8	14	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	5	5	4	5	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	11	9	7	6	12	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	3	18	5	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	20	11	11	10	18	19	19	19	11	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	3	-	3	-	2	4	3	5	5

	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	671	663	655	655	645	637	615	584	561	554	554	286	293	297	300	288	579	549	267	267	263	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																3:41AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)										9:55PM 0.12												9:56AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-