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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	Mon	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	14	12	11	12	13	12	13	16	15	14	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	12072	7232	6511	3995	1408	2476	998	1063	1423	906	565	590	566	279	350	4233	4869	3864	2168	373	279	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 2.21		2:08PM 2.21	2:31AM 2.22		2:49PM 2.23	3:11AM 2.21		3:46PM 1.94		4:06AM 1.90	4:26PM 1.91		5:07AM 2.41	5:27PM 2.41		5:42AM 2.36	5:48PM 1.79		6:06AM 1.68	6:45PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		7:53AM 0.21		8:14PM 0.14	8:34AM 0.19		8:55PM 0.15	10:04AM 0.75		9:54PM 0.18	10:12AM 0.21		10:34PM 0.25	11:20AM 0.86		11:17PM 0.34	11:58AM 0.93		12:02AM 0.43	12:19PM 0.44		12:59AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	8	13	17	16	19	22	17	20	20	16	11	13	10	12	11	10	11	12	11
Low °C	9	10	11	6	8	15	16	15	21	16	16	18	10	11	11	9	10	11	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	6	13	16	16	19	22	17	20	20	16	9	11	7	12	11	9	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 S	2.1 SW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	10	13	12	11	14	12	11	12	13	12	13	16	15	14	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	10	11	14	13	13	15	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	16	8	7	7	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Mon	Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.5 SW	1.6 S	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 S	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	11	14
Energy(?)	7989	12072	11553	9217	7232	5703	4709	2821	5040	3995	3582	3103	3061	1522	1214	4498	1045	2071	1792	1657	1063	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50AM 2.21				2:08PM 2.21				2:48AM 1.96				3:31PM 2.46				3:27AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 0.16				7:53AM 0.21				8:31PM 0.12				8:53AM 0.16				9:46PM 0.71					10:04AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	8	7	6	6	9	13	18	15	16	15	14	14	15	19
Chill °C (?)	8	4	4	5	6	8	8	9	6	4	3	3	7	13	18	14	16	14	13	14	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	1.6 S	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 S	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	13	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Monday 30				Tuesday 31
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	6.5 SW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6714	7445	7989	7989	12074	12072	12023	6357	15218	14100	13362	12284	11398	12962	11837	9279	10523	8121	8121	14596	10016	9939
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							1:50AM 2.21	2:32AM 2.38												2:24PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 0.16													8:42AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	7	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	8	8	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	14	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	10	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	6.5 SW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14