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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	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	0	2	0	4	2	2	3	4	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 SW	1.3 E	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	7	11	7	8	8	7	14	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	808	1150	1852	2032	1110	437	347	209	823	491	144	357	304	1653	896	209	427	385	1632	723	337	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 2.00		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02		7:08PM 2.12	7:48AM 2.16		8:59PM 2.26	9:37AM 2.24		9:42PM 1.75	10:18AM 1.81		10:45PM 1.74	11:40AM 2.20		12:04AM 2.22	12:32PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	11:48AM 0.75		12:13AM 0.67	12:24PM 0.20		1:11AM 0.73		1:28PM 0.27	1:31AM 0.24		2:32PM 0.31	3:17AM 0.85		3:13PM 0.42	3:59AM 0.28		4:50PM 1.01		5:19AM 0.92	5:26PM 0.33		6:13AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-
High °C	21	16	8	12	13	13	19	16	11	11	10	10	14	16	11	13	12	10	9	10	9	12
Low °C	18	10	7	10	13	11	16	14	9	9	10	8	13	14	10	12	12	8	9	9	6	11
Chill °C (?)	21	15	6	10	11	12	19	16	8	9	8	7	11	14	8	12	11	8	7	8	6	9
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	13	13	6	7	7	7	7	11	13	12	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	-	-	-	12	12	18	12	12	14	7	-	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.8 SW	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NE	2.1 ENE	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	3	6	6	-	10	-	-	4	7	8	8	2	4	3	9	5	5	5

	Saturday 08					Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	808	2555	1150	3420	3017	1108	2316	2063	1390	1253	1632	572	431	567	925	760	347	535	209	415	137	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:27PM 2.00				6:02AM 2.10				6:50PM 2.42					7:30AM 2.41				7:53PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		11:22AM 0.13				12:13AM 0.67				12:00PM 0.24				12:25AM 0.15					1:42PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-
Temp. °C	18	20	16	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	16	20	15	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	18	20	15	7	6	7	7	7	8	11	10	8	8	13	11	12	16	20	15	12	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 E	1.3 SW	0.9 E	1.2 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	12	7	11	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	12	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	3	5

	Saturday 08	Sunday 09
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	839	2198	808	2411	2427	947	2935	3129	2393	2535	3263	1361	1338	2455	3017	2886	1109	2653	978	2350	963	846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)											5:27PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)					11:22AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	18	20	20	21	18	17	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	15	18	20	20	21	18	16	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	7
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	3	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-