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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	Sun	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	7	8	9	9	14	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	17
Energy(?)	808	1962	669	343	142	212	663	376	252	2033	1346	4837	1648	3847	1125	1569	1811	993	642	471	139	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:43AM 1.84		7:26PM 2.08	8:05AM 2.10		8:23PM 2.03	9:02AM 2.07		9:15PM 1.48	9:49AM 1.59		10:10PM 1.53	11:04AM 2.11		11:29PM 2.15	11:33AM 1.73		12:22AM 2.26	12:22PM 1.83		1:13AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.07		1:33PM 0.61	1:51AM 1.09		2:29PM 0.63	2:47AM 1.10		3:15PM 1.16	3:38AM 0.54		4:17PM 1.12		4:51AM 1.02	5:20PM 1.05		5:19AM 0.35	6:16PM 0.96		6:07AM 0.24	6:16PM 0.29	7:08PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	3	1	2	1	5	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	5	4	8	9	7	10	17	11	12	14	12	10	13	9	15	16	14	17	14	14
Low °C	5	7	5	3	5	9	6	6	15	9	11	12	9	9	12	8	12	15	12	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	6	5	2	0	5	6	2	7	17	8	8	12	10	7	11	5	14	16	14	17	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	-	2.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	9	11	10	7	8	10	9	14	11	12	-	13	20	12	18	11	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	9	8	7	10	10	16	10	23	11	-	-	-	-	20	-	16	-	21	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	0.4 WSW	2.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 SW	0.5 W	3.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	11	8	7	-	3	9	3	8	6	6	12	3	12	-	11	-	-	3	-	-	3

	Sun	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	6	4	4	4	2	2	0	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	0	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	12	12	11	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	9	9	10	8
Energy(?)	614	1690	5583	4191	1962	1203	271	220	205	343	327	618	422	712	212	219	843	297	316	1222	1184	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:15AM 2.16				7:26PM 2.08				7:57AM 1.59				8:19PM 1.48				8:30AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		12:31AM 0.62					1:26PM 1.15				1:49AM 0.59				2:17PM 1.16				2:47AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	1	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	5	6	8	7	5	5	5	4	3	3	5	8	9	9	5	6	6	5	8	10
Chill °C (?)	6	1	1	2	5	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	2	5	6	6	1	2	2	1	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	1.6 SW	1.2 S	0.1 NE	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	-	12	9	7	8	11	11	10	10	7	10	9	8	9	10	8	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.9 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	9	13	11	8	7	7	8	10	7	10	10	8	16	12	8	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	2	8	12	12	11	11	-	8	8	7	7	10	-	10	3	3	8	3	3	9	10	3

	Sunday 26	Monday 27
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	6	4	4	4	2	2	0	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	0	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	4.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	8	8
Energy(?)	647	1417	1982	614	808	4032	1024	1229	1647	4446	3692	4191	2369	2504	1962	1962	1199	336	336	669	374	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:05AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						12:55AM 0.55	1:02AM 1.07												1:26PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	7	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	3	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	0.2 E	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	-	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	12	9	12	12	12	-	9	12	8	9	9	9	7	12	12	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 S	-	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.9 S	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	-	10	12	12	-	13	10	13	9	9	9	7	6	6	8	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	4.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	2	6	6	2	3	10	3	3	3	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	-