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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	4	3	4	3	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	532	2293	1452	1197	1484	1524	1235	574	2009	1693	1572	1281	1969	1981	3947	730	1550	908	457	828	399	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:50PM 1.75	2:55AM 2.07		3:28PM 1.75	3:52AM 1.83		4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69	6:33PM 1.81		7:24AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 0.37	9:51AM 1.03		9:31PM 0.35	9:59AM 0.41		10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48			1:15AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	12	21	21	20	10	11	10	14	14	11	14	14	10	13	14	9	11	13	10	14
Low °C	15	15	11	18	20	11	10	10	8	13	14	9	13	13	8	11	12	7	10	12	8	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	21	21	20	8	10	9	13	13	10	12	12	7	12	12	8	9	12	10	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	575	628	328	479	2293	2090	1662	1452	1316	1201	1197	1340	1474	1625	1700	1524	1465	1224	1235	1019	1533	1589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 1.81				2:50PM 1.75				3:13AM 1.82				3:28PM 1.75				3:52AM 1.83					4:07PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			8:18AM 0.41				8:51PM 0.33				9:17AM 0.38				9:31PM 0.35				9:59AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	2	-
Temp. °C	13	12	15	14	15	15	12	11	11	12	19	21	19	20	20	19	13	11	10	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	13	14	14	12	11	11	12	19	21	19	20	20	19	12	9	8	7	9	10
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	11	13	16	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	4	4	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	661	652	431	378	628	628	628	578	532	532	1316	1329	1634	1876	2293	2235	2138	2090	1982	765	1662	1662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:34AM 1.81												2:50PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)								8:37AM 0.36												8:34PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	10	11	11	13	14	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	8	11	11	13	14	16	17	17	15	15	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-