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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	7	8	10	9	9	9	8	6	7	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	254	369	456	473	686	676	608	650	403	213	232	375	648	755	817	568	931	448	384	231	219	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:51AM 2.29		12:23AM 2.36	12:50PM 2.34		1:24AM 2.42		1:50PM 2.38	2:24AM 2.47		2:48PM 2.43	3:23AM 2.51		3:44PM 2.47	3:45AM 2.19		4:37PM 2.50		4:20AM 2.44	5:27PM 2.50		5:28AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 0.92		6:40AM 0.93		7:10PM 0.85	7:43AM 0.89		8:09PM 0.76	8:43AM 0.82		9:07PM 0.67	9:38AM 0.75		9:23PM -0.02	9:38AM 0.13		10:54PM 0.56	10:30AM 0.13		11:45PM 0.56	11:43AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	15	13	15	15	13	13	13	11	12	13	10	12	15	14	14	16	14	17
Low °C	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	12	12	12	9	12	12	8	11	14	11	14	15	13	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	13	11	15	15	11	11	11	9	10	11	8	10	14	14	14	16	13	17
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	13	10	9	9	9	8	8	12	7	7	7	7	15	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	15	16	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	12	18	17	16	10	5	8	8	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.3 E	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	7	8	-	-	-	3	6	6	7	-	-	-	8	4	3	4	-	-	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	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	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	10	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	149	165	254	314	369	390	453	456	443	433	473	583	512	2013	1066	676	779	695	633	529	516	655
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:51AM 2.29				12:23AM 2.36				12:50PM 2.34				12:39AM 2.22	1:24AM 2.42				1:50PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		5:38AM 0.94				6:09PM 0.92				6:40AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	16	16	15	14	14	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 30
	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	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	158	150	149	149	157	165	182	231	254	271	295	314	323	339	279	431	363	390	490	461	453	726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											11:51AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)					5:38AM 0.94													6:09PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6