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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	Mon	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	1	3	3	2	2	3	1	5	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	1.4 SW	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	18	9	9	13	8	12	16	11	12	13	12	10	12	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1382	1136	866	799	521	288	225	250	1474	3358	1181	1758	1551	2836	1570	1822	427	466	546	366	141	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:25AM 2.23		11:04PM 2.26	11:33AM 2.24		10:55PM 0.78	12:12PM 1.78		1:16AM 2.35	12:55PM 2.12	1:13PM 1.87	1:48AM 2.04		2:08PM 1.96	2:25AM 2.36		2:43PM 2.31	3:30AM 2.14		3:48PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		4:13AM 0.98	4:45PM 0.95		5:18AM 1.00			6:02AM 0.34	6:08PM 0.28		6:44AM 0.34		7:23PM 0.13	8:33AM 0.81		8:02PM 0.07	9:25AM 0.72		9:10PM -0.01	9:40AM 0.10		10:00PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	12	27	13	10	16	17	18	18	14	13	15	17	12	17	15	12	15	18	15	21	26	18
Low °C	11	25	13	9	13	16	16	16	14	9	12	15	11	15	14	11	14	17	14	18	25	11
Chill °C (?)	10	27	11	9	16	17	18	18	12	10	14	16	10	16	13	11	14	18	15	21	26	18
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	0.3 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	4	9	9	8	8	7	12	16	12	13	10	11	11	14	13	12	11	11	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	4	14	13	13	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	7	-	11	11	11	10	5	6	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	18	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	12	-	12	10	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Mon	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM	1:30PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	18	17	9	9	9	8	13	13	8	13	11	18	11	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	2844	1382	1470	1338	1248	1136	1828	1109	820	525	541	593	521	259	341	240	255	206	242	573	687	1116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:56PM 2.25									11:04PM 2.26				11:33AM 2.24				11:26PM 2.07				12:12PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				4:13AM 0.98			12:19PM 0.05	4:20PM 0.35				4:58AM 0.38				5:05PM 0.37				6:02AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	12	25	27	13	11	10	10	9	14	15	17	16	16	15	18	18	19	13
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	10	25	27	12	11	10	9	9	14	15	17	16	16	15	18	18	19	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	4	17	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	12	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	4	12	14	14	11	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	11	8	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	6	6	7	6	18	17	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	12

	Monday 26				Tue	Mon		Tuesday 27
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	10:30PM	11:30PM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	21	21	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2754	2784	2844	2844	2834	415	369	2174	1700	1456	1581	1950	1938	1247	1661	1275	1229	1256	1501	1415	1370	1238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 2.25												9:56AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									3:31AM 0.46	4:13AM 0.98												4:20PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	12	27	26	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	10	27	26	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	2.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	21	21	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SW	-	1.0 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	1.0 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	3	4	6	-	6	-	7	7	7	6	-	6	-	6	6	-	-