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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	Thu	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	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	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	3	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.6 SE	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	5	11	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	14	12	13	13	8	7	7	14
Energy(?)	213	160	837	617	824	2851	1947	2063	1127	407	372	227	416	217	408	971	802	566	238	297	320	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:31PM 2.05		4:46AM 2.45	5:27PM 2.00		6:02AM 2.10	6:26PM 1.93		7:04AM 2.02		7:53PM 2.33	8:08AM 1.93		8:35PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.86		9:42PM 1.75	9:59AM 2.02		10:45PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25PM 0.61	10:04AM 0.07		10:44PM 0.00	11:00AM 0.15		11:44PM 0.06	12:24PM 0.20		12:46AM 0.13		1:28PM 0.27	2:12AM 0.80		2:43PM 0.94	2:57AM 0.25		3:35PM 0.33	3:59AM 0.28		4:13PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	4	3	5	-	-	-	-	13	2	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	17	16	21	15	9	13	14	14	15	13	10	12	11	10	15	13	9	12	12	13
Low °C	9	15	17	13	17	9	8	11	13	11	13	13	9	11	11	8	13	9	7	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	17	17	16	21	13	7	11	12	14	14	12	7	10	8	7	14	12	6	10	9	12
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 SW	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	6	10	8	7	12	7	8	8	7	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	19	11	16	6	10	10	9	-	-	-	6	12	6	16	14	-	13	13	7	13	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 NE	1.1 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.1 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.8 SW	-	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 W	-	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	4	5	-	7	3	5	-	6	7	-	8	6	7	5	-	7	7	3

	Thu	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	5	18	18	18	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	98	213	236	200	211	519	837	1291	1603	2273	2334	2389	824	2317	1163	3469	3232	2647	2344	1638	1487	1904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:08AM 2.20				4:31PM 2.05				5:04AM 2.17				5:27PM 2.00				5:44AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)						10:24AM 0.06				10:44PM 0.00				11:22AM 0.13				11:44PM 0.06				12:24PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	10	8	10	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	17	21	17	9	9	9	9	9	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	8	6	9	13	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	16	21	16	8	8	9	7	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	8	6	5	10	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	6	19	8	11	11	16	16	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NE	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	3

	Thursday 06	Friday 07
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	20	9	6	5	6	6	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	16	16	13
Energy(?)	194	205	155	148	216	160	145	236	236	219	214	200	91	153	145	160	519	519	622	486	518	837
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:08AM 2.20												4:31PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:49PM -0.02													10:24AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	10	11	10	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	13	12	16	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	12	11	16	17	17	17	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.7 WSW	0.6 SE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	11	6	11	7	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	20	9	9	19	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	11	8	11	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	3	3	-