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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	2	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	6	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.7 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	12	15	13	12	11	11	14	16	16	14	14	15	15	6	13	13	16	15	14
Energy(?)	363	301	358	328	185	1240	1468	1414	1864	1311	2149	1221	779	282	216	296	659	4677	5513	2069	2712	1111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 2.19	3:09AM 2.25		3:22PM 2.26	3:48AM 2.30		4:00PM 2.32		4:26AM 2.36	4:38PM 2.38			4:20PM 0.64	4:22AM 0.86		5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 0.85	9:19AM 0.87		9:38PM 0.76	9:56AM 0.79		10:16PM 0.70	10:33AM 0.74		10:01PM 0.13	10:33AM 0.03		10:04PM 0.05	10:41AM 0.02		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	14	14	11	11	32	11	12	12	12	19	15	12	17	17	16	14	13	11	15	13	14	14
Low °C	12	12	10	11	31	11	12	12	11	18	14	12	14	17	12	13	12	10	12	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	32	10	11	11	11	19	15	11	16	16	15	12	10	8	14	12	14	13
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	1.7 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 E	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	15	13	12	11	11	14	16	9	14	8	7	15	13	12	13	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	14	13	12	11	7	13	12	20	14	9	16	8	14	15	11	10	10	16	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 N
Period (s)	-	3	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	13	-	-	10	3

	Sunday 15					Monday 16									Tuesday 17							Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	7:30PM	10:30PM	1:30AM	4:30AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	9	12	14	14	20	19	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1029	307	304	328	309	358	357	243	328	338	472	535	216	300	369	461	1468	1401	1414	1405	1298	1227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:44PM 2.19				3:09AM 2.25				3:22PM 2.26					3:19AM 0.94			4:00PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	8:06AM 0.41				8:59PM 0.85				9:19AM 0.87					8:21PM 0.17			9:56AM 0.79					10:16PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	32	29	27	26	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	32	29	27	26	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 SE
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	12	14	14	14	19	12	11	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 E
Period (s)	8	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	21	20	14	13	13	12	12	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	1.1 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.9 N	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	8	9	-	8	-	-	9	3	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15																Monday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	18	18	17	17	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1110	354	363	313	310	307	307	301	304	348	325	617	274	269	265	260	311	358	358	367	357	361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:44PM 2.19													3:09AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41AM 0.97														7:40PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	28	27	27	26	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	12	14	13	12	13	11	11	10	10	28	27	27	26	9	9	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	13	18	18	17	17	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	9	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	9	9