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 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	5	3	2	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	7	8	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	7	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	216	450	843	1856	2217	2653	736	4596	5005	4538	1040	558	585	219	441	1316	2348	1618	1012	1131	1034	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		6:22AM 2.11	6:47PM 2.12		7:33AM 1.77		8:06PM 1.81	8:34AM 1.71		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69		10:54PM 2.24	10:36AM 1.94		11:21PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77	12:37PM 0.30		1:08AM 0.34		1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		2:38PM 0.42	3:42AM 0.42		4:09PM 0.35		4:29AM 0.50	5:40PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	4	1	1	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1
High °C	14	13	12	10	15	18	12	13	13	13	16	19	14	15	14	11	15	15	12	14	12	10
Low °C	11	12	11	10	10	13	11	13	13	9	12	17	12	13	13	9	12	13	11	12	10	9
Chill °C (?)	13	10	9	6	14	18	10	10	11	11	15	19	13	14	12	11	15	15	12	14	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	13	12	11	16	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	7	10	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	14	-	11	11	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	7	11	13	9	10	9	9	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	0.9 NW	-	0.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.7 NE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	8	7	8	5	-	3	14	14	13	-	4	11	7	7	-	-	-	4	-	3	5

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	9	15	13	12	12	7	7	7	13	13	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	475	216	627	261	450	581	746	922	1030	897	3929	3304	3612	3300	1390	2289	2046	1414	539	3710	804	3525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
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	low	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 2.42				5:11PM 2.21				5:54AM 1.90				6:15PM 1.89				6:22AM 2.11	7:08AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71				11:26PM 0.17				12:09PM 0.23				12:35AM 0.22	1:06AM 0.77			12:37PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	3	1	1
Temp. °C	14	12	12	11	12	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	11	16	18	14	12	12	11	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	8	9	10	10	7	7	6	7	8	9	16	18	13	10	10	8	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	15	15	7	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	10	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	7	9	15	14	14	14	-	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	10	9	9	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.5 NE	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	0.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	7	-	9	3	8	8	8	7	7	7	13	13	5	5	-	4	4	6	3	14	8	14

	Thursday 19				Friday 20
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 E	2.5 WSW	1.1 E	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	12	7	12	7
Energy(?)	556	473	475	475	384	216	216	268	268	261	420	405	456	600	651	719	1146	1146	599	886	746	886
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:54AM 2.21	5:12AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)					11:37PM 0.66												11:24AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	7	9	9	9	10	9	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	11	11	14	11	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	7