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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	Sat		Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.3 SW	1.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	8	16	16	16	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	15	12	12	13	12	13	11	14
Energy(?)	1364	413	537	474	2233	4469	7094	10340	8171	5749	5709	1301	1373	2777	1217	1554	965	855	401	423	147	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:29AM 1.90	12:50PM 1.85		1:20AM 1.94		1:23PM 2.17	1:50AM 2.21		2:08PM 2.21	2:31AM 2.22		3:31PM 2.46	3:27AM 1.94		3:29PM 2.22	3:49AM 2.17		4:08PM 2.18		4:26AM 2.11	4:47PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			6:38AM 0.27	6:58PM 0.17		7:27AM 0.21		7:30PM 0.16	7:53AM 0.21		8:14PM 0.14	9:24AM 0.73		9:13PM 0.13	10:04AM 0.75		9:35PM 0.20	9:53AM 0.23		10:15PM 0.27	10:32AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	-	11	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1
High °C	16	12	14	15	15	13	12	11	11	11	10	14	18	16	19	21	20	20	20	18	11	11
Low °C	13	12	13	15	11	12	11	8	9	10	8	9	17	15	16	20	17	17	19	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	14	15	15	10	8	7	8	8	8	14	18	15	19	21	20	20	20	18	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	10	9	8	16	16	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SW	1.0 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	8	12	-	-	-	10	10	10	14	13	15	12	15	11	11	11	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.6 WSW	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	-	5	16	13	14	-	13	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	6

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	1:30PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	14	10	13	13	13	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	186	1117	1073	1031	803	910	537	610	871	1875	4370	2233	2607	5307	2136	3944	7094	6922	7451	9109	9808	8406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:29AM 1.90				12:33PM 2.10					1:45AM 2.34				1:23PM 2.17				1:50AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.22				6:38AM 0.27				6:42PM 0.21					7:57AM 0.80				7:30PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	2	-	8	5	5	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	17	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	15	15	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	17	12	12	11	10	10	12	14	15	16	15	15	10	9	10	9	8	7	7	5	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	12	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	8	18	8	8	8	12	12	12	-	7	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	16	15	14	14	14	14

	Saturday 28										Sunday 29
	11:30AM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	186	1424	1342	1265	1252	1142	642	637	550	507	418	504	460	870	441	468	559	554	546	539	537	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:52AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)						6:05PM 0.22												6:19AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	14	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	14	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	5	5