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 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	0	0	8	5	5	4	4	5	9	9	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	5.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	22	20	18	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13
Energy	1224	608	624	1409	674	2555	11818	7323	4709	1657	1166	2231	3070	8067	8375	2108	1134	1242	3972	748	1111	1303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:21AM 2.30		12:18PM 1.85	12:41AM 1.86		1:26PM 2.38	1:22AM 1.85		1:25PM 2.13	1:44AM 2.09		2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		3:24PM 2.39	2:59AM 2.04		3:42PM 1.83		3:58AM 1.73	4:23PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 0.24		6:23PM 0.22	6:45AM 0.23		7:06PM 0.23	7:25AM 0.24		7:28PM 0.30	7:46AM 0.29		8:27PM 0.30	8:43AM 0.29		8:48PM 0.39	9:04AM 0.37		9:52PM 0.41	10:06AM 0.39		10:37PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	18	10	10	10	12	10	11	13	14	16	16	13	16	17	15	16	17	16
Low °C	12	13	13	11	13	10	8	8	10	8	8	13	12	13	14	12	12	15	14	14	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	11	18	6	6	8	11	8	9	13	13	15	15	12	16	16	14	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	-	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	22	10	13	17	-	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	11	20	18	12	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	10	10	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	-	0.2 ENE	4.0 WSW	5.5 SW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 NW	1.0 W	-	3.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	9	4	4	-	7	8	14	-	-	3	3	-	3	14	14	6	6	-	12	5	4	3

	Mon	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	9	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	13	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy	1272	1224	1054	654	608	711	787	859	1155	1345	1265	1575	1633	1619	775	5994	8861	11818	11347	9533	7323	5630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)		11:56PM 1.86					12:18PM 1.85				12:24AM 2.10				1:26PM 2.38				1:22AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 0.83				6:02AM 0.24				6:06PM 0.26				6:45AM 0.23				6:48PM 0.27				7:25AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	12	12	13	15	14	13	12	11	11	13	14	18	10	11	11	10	9	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	16	13	11	10	12	14	13	12	10	10	9	11	12	18	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	8	11	21	20	10	19	10	12	12	17	11	-	-	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	8	22	22	11	14	19	10	18	18	18	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	9	8	4	4	12	4	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	7	13	14	14	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	9	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	24	23	22	12	22	22	22	22
Energy	1264	1124	1082	1082	797	545	1192	1150	305	289	145	654	567	683	193	443	535	848	782	841	787	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																			12:18PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 0.83												6:02AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	15	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	14	14	16	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	10	12	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	22	22	22	22	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	-	9	9	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	4	4	4