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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	2	3	2	0	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	1.2 SW	1.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	14	14	15	14	15	17	16	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	281	654	320	124	275	663	846	563	627	598	1358	1569	1445	1644	1711	673	1470	1620	1155	1281	1419	455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	on	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:16AM 1.77		2:01PM 2.27	2:21AM 2.31		2:13PM 1.75	3:01AM 2.33		3:18PM 2.30	3:39AM 2.33		3:28PM 1.75			4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		5:33AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 0.32		7:17AM 0.34		8:12PM 0.97	8:33AM 1.00		8:52PM 0.97	9:13AM 1.02		9:30PM 0.97	8:58AM 0.43		10:07PM 0.98	9:38AM 0.46		10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:42AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	7	6	-
High °C	11	12	10	18	19	18	20	14	14	18	19	17	22	23	19	13	12	9	9	9	9	12
Low °C	11	10	7	15	18	16	18	13	13	18	18	15	20	21	14	12	10	9	9	9	7	10
Chill °C (?)	11	9	6	18	19	18	20	12	12	18	19	17	22	23	19	13	10	8	9	9	8	9
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.2 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	7	8	10	13	13	10	10	10	9	14	14	15	14	15	17	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	20	11	10	10	16	-	14	6	11	13	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.4 SW	1.6 W	0.2 N	1.8 ENE	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	7	-	10	10	9	3	7	4	9	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16							Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 SW	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1528	1021	808	726	274	568	391	666	579	264	773	751	275	755	1090	38	701	736	846	896	726	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:53PM 1.76	1:19PM 2.24				1:40AM 2.28				1:17PM 1.99				1:56AM 1.79				2:13PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 0.32					7:29PM 0.98				7:50AM 0.98				8:12PM 0.97				7:57AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	8	6	11	12	10	10	10	9	7	8	12	17	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	19	14	13
Chill °C (?)	6	4	11	11	7	6	6	6	4	5	11	17	19	18	18	16	16	15	16	19	13	12
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	11	6	11	11	7	8	8	10	10	12	10	10	13	13	13	13	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	12	11	11	6	11	11	10	11	10	10	8	10	7	13	13	11	11	-	-	12	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	3	11	6	7	7	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	3	-

	Sunday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6
Energy(?)	1965	1313	1294	1317	1612	254	269	940	281	280	277	273	300	667	274	390	788	880	811	624	624	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:03AM 0.96											6:56PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	13	12	10	13	11	10	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	9	11	10	9	9	12	10	7	10	8	6	6	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	6	6	6	7	20	6	20	20	20	20	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	11	11	11	11	6	6	6