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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	15	10	13	13	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	16	14	12	11	10	10	13	15	11
Energy(?)	1454	1293	1196	609	857	587	546	372	577	316	349	584	779	640	1415	1760	733	508	341	250	266	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 1.48		8:16PM 1.55	8:41AM 1.46		9:16PM 1.56	9:39AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.60	10:30AM 1.55		11:18PM 2.12					12:25PM 2.27	12:52AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)	1:43AM 0.64		2:02PM 0.61	2:41AM 0.64		2:59PM 0.59		3:35AM 0.60	3:51PM 0.53		4:24AM 0.54	5:06PM 1.02					6:22AM 0.93		6:44PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	7	1	-	-
High °C	16	18	14	13	13	12	12	17	16	14	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	9	9	8
Low °C	13	15	13	11	11	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	16	18	13	11	13	10	10	17	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	11	11	10	9	6	7	6
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	14	13	11	10	10	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	15	14	10	9	9	12	12	14	14	12	14	16	15	21	12	15	13	13	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	6	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	3	4	4	5	6	5

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1390	1454	1744	1338	1293	1234	1196	1091	1030	1218	1070	542	532	1336	1260	734	305	326	222	710	372	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:16PM 1.58				7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55				8:43AM 2.00					9:23PM 2.03				9:39AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			1:43AM 0.64				2:02PM 0.61				2:41AM 0.64				2:59PM 0.59					3:35AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	13	15	18	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	12	14	18	13	11	10	10	8	10	9	13	11	9	9	8	8	10	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	10	6	14	10	9	10	9	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	-	-	9	5	6	6	8	-	-

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1375	1391	1390	1398	1353	1454	1454	1819	1744	1739	1721	814	814	1412	1298	1232	761	878	874	1428	1243	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:16PM 1.58												7:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)								1:43AM 0.64													2:02PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	15	16	18	18	19	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	16	16	14	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	13	14	16	18	18	19	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5