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 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	543	920	859	801	623	376	241	197	402	321	834	1004	1258	962	699	312	224	355	347	436	432	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:50PM 2.34		1:24AM 2.42		1:50PM 2.38	1:39AM 2.33		2:18PM 1.98	3:23AM 2.51		3:44PM 2.47			4:04PM 2.06		4:37AM 2.17	5:27PM 2.50		6:00AM 2.50	6:17PM 2.47		6:48AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 0.85	7:43AM 0.89		7:15PM 0.13	8:08AM 0.16		9:07PM 0.67	9:38AM 0.75		10:02PM 0.60	9:58AM 0.10		10:17PM -0.03	10:50AM 0.10		11:45PM 0.56	12:09PM 0.71		12:35AM 0.61	12:58PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	14	16	12	13	12	11	12	12	10	16	17	13	15	16	14	16	15	16	20
Low °C	12	12	11	13	14	12	13	12	10	12	11	9	13	16	12	14	15	12	15	14	14	18
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	14	16	10	11	10	9	10	10	8	15	17	13	14	15	14	16	15	16	20
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	14	10	10	9	8	8	8	12	7	18	7	11	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	14	7	7	8	20	11	17	16	10	6	8	7	8	9	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.5 E	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	-	1.5 S	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	-	7	-	4	5	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31							Thursday 01								Friday 02
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Energy(?)	441	481	543	578	580	628	1161	1070	779	693	621	551	623	647	588	619	361	242	214	146	197	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:50PM 2.34				12:57AM 1.97	1:24AM 2.42				1:21PM 1.90				2:24AM 2.47				2:48PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.93				6:18PM 0.23					7:43AM 0.89				7:32PM 0.10				8:43AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	13	15	16	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	13	15	16	13	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	13	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	8	14	14	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	7	7	13	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	6	6

	Wednesday 31
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	456	447	441	437	475	728	837	856	543	554	554	578	932	928	920	992	1378	2233	2187	2260	900	875
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)												12:50PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:10PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	14	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	8	8	9	8	8	14	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	-	-