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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	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	12	9	14	14	14	6	16	8	11	10	9	8	9	6	10	15	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	316	1794	2239	992	379	252	699	1856	1089	2441	798	850	442	186	417	1627	576	1068	1615	724	1244	409
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 2.27	9:16AM 2.22		9:23PM 1.64	9:27AM 1.83		10:23PM 1.60	10:48AM 1.57		11:00PM 1.79	11:45AM 1.56		12:18AM 1.62	12:37PM 1.59		1:27AM 2.18		1:05PM 1.85	2:14AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		2:38PM 0.94	3:06AM 0.93		3:30PM 1.03	3:38AM 0.45		3:44PM 0.55		4:33AM 0.52	4:58PM 0.50		5:27AM 0.55	6:19PM 1.15		6:19AM 0.55		7:13PM 1.12	6:48AM 0.61		8:02PM 1.06	8:28AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	16	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	14	14	22	20	18	15	11	13	15	12	18	16	15	12	11	12	13	12	11	12
Low °C	16	15	10	11	22	17	14	14	11	11	14	9	14	15	14	12	11	10	12	12	9	12
Chill °C (?)	17	16	12	13	22	20	16	13	8	11	13	10	18	15	14	11	10	11	13	11	10	10
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	9	10	14	14	13	16	9	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	17	6	15	14	5	5	7	8	-	10	18	11	9	10	9	17	15	9	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	2.5 W	1.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NE	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	12	9	3	-	5	6	9	8	11	3	8	3	3	6	10	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 09					Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	9	9	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	15	16	14	8	8
Energy(?)	316	382	467	429	1192	2239	631	570	989	903	1160	558	852	252	504	368	141	475	2879	3549	630	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 2.29				8:50PM 2.27				8:54AM 1.70				9:23PM 1.64					10:12AM 2.17				10:44PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 0.94				2:22AM 0.42				3:12PM 0.40				3:38AM 0.45				3:44PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	6	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	16	14	12	12	11	11	13	22	19	21	17	18	19	19	18	14	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	15	13	11	12	10	9	12	22	19	21	16	17	19	18	17	11	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	17	16	16	7	9	9	9	10	10	14	14	13	14	13	13	7	15	16	9	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	17	13	12	10	16	15	15	15	14	14	6	8	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	-	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	0.6 NE	0.7 NW	1.5 W	0.4 WNW	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	9	9	5	-	3	5	-	6	3	5	4	5	3	8	7	14	8	8

	Friday 09																Saturday 10
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	17	12	16	16	12	11	10	16	10	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	284	345	316	338	364	1926	667	637	1794	1648	1594	599	1458	398	1451	1451	1184	421	668	775	406	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:23AM 2.29												8:50PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)							1:56PM 0.40													2:22AM 0.42	3:06AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	17	17	17	15	16	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	16	16	16	13	14	16	16	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	15	15	7	7	15	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	13	6	12	12	6	7	7	7	7	16	7	7	16	15	9	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	12	5	5	12	11	10	5	10	-	9	9	9	-	6	6	2	2