Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	2	0	7	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	7
Energy	4567	4192	14142	8308	10207	6115	3868	1447	1465	1237	730	674	236	224	257	281	211	523	733	688	496	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 1.77		11:56PM 1.99		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:45PM 2.33	1:18AM 1.99		1:43PM 2.05	2:16AM 1.74		2:23PM 2.07			3:45PM 2.30		3:36AM 1.72	4:02PM 1.80		4:32AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		5:38PM 0.40		5:58AM 0.38		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		7:03PM 0.44	7:38AM 0.34		8:05PM 0.40	8:55AM 0.97		9:17PM 1.04	9:00AM 0.37		9:30PM 0.44	9:43AM 0.39		10:32PM 1.05	10:50AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-
High °C	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	9	10	11	8	11	13	13	14	13	11	10	10	10	11
Low °C	5	9	10	9	11	8	8	11	8	8	10	7	7	13	13	14	12	10	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	12	7	10	11	6	9	12	12	14	12	10	10	8	8	11
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	6	13	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	14	12	11	11	-	-	9	9	9	7	12	13	12	11	11	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	4.5 SW	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	4	-	14	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	-	-	3	5	5	6	7

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	9	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	4567	4901	4192	4533	5124	14142	7911	10112	8308	9686	10207	13143	6940	6115	5431	4757	3868	3210	1447	1022	1213	1465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:53AM 1.77				11:56PM 1.99					12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75				1:45PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)				5:38PM 0.40									6:40PM 0.36				6:57AM 0.33				7:57PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	11	12	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	1	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	8	9	9	8	8	6	6	10	12	11	9	8
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.3 S	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	6	14	14	-	5	5	-	15	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	9	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	3077	3077	4567	4675	4843	4901	5035	8781	4192	4192	4533	4533	6368	6791	5124	5726	6221	14142	14642	14556	7911	7911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						11:53AM 1.77												11:56PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	6:04AM 0.97											5:38PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	3	3	1	2	3	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	14	-	-	5	5	13	13	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	14