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			Wed
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	5	3	2	2	1	0	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	9	13	12	8	12	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	6	20	18	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1991	683	299	275	697	491	617	591	2566	2594	1434	4865	4484	4619	911	566	133	189	678	913	1426	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:15AM 2.22	4:29PM 2.21		5:12AM 1.94	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38		7:35PM 2.37	7:58AM 2.32		8:34PM 2.30	9:00AM 2.25		9:42PM 2.26	9:44AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		10:56PM 0.66	10:23AM 0.22		11:37PM 0.66	11:24AM 0.20		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		12:35AM 0.22		1:28PM 0.79	1:57AM 0.85		2:21PM 0.86	2:53AM 0.94		2:38PM 0.42	3:56AM 1.00		4:30PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	18	18	13	13	12	11	15	17	12	15	15	12	16	19	17	17	16	12	16	16
Low °C	14	12	14	18	11	11	12	9	11	15	10	13	14	9	12	18	13	15	14	9	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	18	17	11	10	9	8	15	16	11	13	13	10	15	19	17	16	14	9	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	16	8	7	14	7	13	12	11	16	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	6	6	14	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	16	15	7	15	14	14	14	10	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	18	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.4 ENE	2.3 W	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	9	8	7	8	12	10	6	13	13	13	-	4	6	5	5	5	-	-

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	16	9	15	15	13	12	12	12	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2380	1052	1403	1159	533	929	299	269	275	579	536	697	221	324	491	562	617	652	793	591	1245	1436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	low-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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 2.38				4:32AM 1.95				5:17PM 2.42				5:42AM 2.42				5:59PM 2.43				6:23AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				10:01PM 0.13				11:12AM 0.71				11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71				12:20AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	12	12	12	13	14	18	19	18	12	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	10	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	11	11	12	13	18	19	18	10	10	8	8	8	10	9	9	6	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	8	15	7	7	14	7	9	7	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	9	9	15	8	15	14	7	14	16	15	7	11	14	14	14	14	11	14	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	7	6	9	-	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8

	Wednesday 18										Thursday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	2483	1198	1991	1991	1229	2065	938	923	850	843	1582	683	677	618	533	523	504	410	568	373	657	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:03AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)										10:56PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SE	1.8 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SE	1.1 SW	0.8 SE
Period (s)	17	9	16	16	9	16	9	8	8	8	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	15	7	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	9	9	16	9	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	8	15	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4