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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	Tue		Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tue
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	9	7	6	4	4	4	3	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	13	14	13	19	18	18	8	11	12	13	13	12	13	14	16	15	14	13	12	14	12	12
Energy	312	273	54	61	52	147	309	2292	2241	1001	3142	2307	8055	6341	5553	2754	1552	1541	695	693	1070	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			5:22AM 2.44		6:01PM 2.45	6:22AM 2.38		7:00PM 2.37	6:59AM 1.87		8:02PM 2.30	8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		10:07PM 2.24	10:08AM 1.77		11:03PM 2.24	11:04AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		10:54PM 0.16	11:43AM 0.67		12:13AM 0.82		12:43PM 0.72	1:12AM 0.86		1:45PM 0.77	2:13AM 0.91		2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.30		3:54AM 0.29	4:42PM 0.90		4:46AM 0.30	5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	13	12	12	9	10	10	10	13	12	9	9	10
Low °C	8	8	8	9	8	10	11	8	7	11	9	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	12	8	7	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	8	8	6	9	7	9	11	11	10	10	7	10	10	9	12	11	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	5	6	7	12	12	13	11	12	13	14	16	15	14	13	12	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	20	10	19	18	18	16	8	8	15	13	-	22	18	14	14	18	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 WNW	-	3.0 SW	0.9 NW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	-	-	-	8	11	3	-	13	6	13	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	-

	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	16	8	8	9	11	12	12
Energy	312	301	309	273	69	264	54	51	61	53	54	52	84	90	147	147	309	381	1134	2292	2181	2227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:57AM 1.98					6:01PM 2.45				6:22AM 2.38				7:00PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)				10:54PM 0.16				11:43AM 0.67					12:13AM 0.82				12:43PM 0.72				12:58AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	9	8	7	8	9	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	11	10	9	7	6
Chill °C (?)	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	7	8	6	7	9	8	7	7	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	4	5	18	18	6	6	7	7	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	9	20	20	11	11	10	14	19	19	19	18	12	11	18	16	16	16	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	2	3	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	-	5	8	8	9	11	-	-

	Tuesday 19	Wednesday 20
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	200	326	312	308	306	301	301	346	309	317	267	273	267	67	69	259	268	264	58	54	54	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	4:57AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)											10:54PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	11	20	11	11	4	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4