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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	11	9	9	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	194	218	320	743	296	477	632	505	400	801	1293	796	935	747	770	1105	917	1439	1130	797	586	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.50		4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		5:47AM 1.98	6:33PM 2.43		6:13AM 2.14	6:53PM 1.81		7:38AM 2.31		7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			9:42PM -0.02	10:58AM 0.65		11:22PM 0.55	11:43AM 0.68		12:07AM 0.62	12:01PM 0.18		12:51AM 0.73	12:25PM 0.31		1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	2:01AM 0.42		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	11	12	11	9	15	17	14	19	22	20	15	15	12	16	20	15	12	12	11	13
Low °C	15	11	9	11	11	7	12	16	12	15	20	12	13	13	10	14	15	13	12	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	15	10	9	11	10	9	14	17	13	19	22	20	14	13	11	16	20	14	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	11	9	9	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	8	11	10	8	10	10	10	6	7	8	8	6	6	5	9	4	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NW	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	4	9	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	8	3	-	-	6	-	5	-	5	-	-	4

	Monday 02							Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	1	2	2	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	7	9	11	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	260	253	262	214	218	167	240	320	1826	1895	594	446	455	620	520	230	531	753	632	560	505	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	low	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:14AM 2.40	4:03AM 2.50				4:20PM 2.50				4:17AM 2.13				4:35PM 2.04				5:03AM 2.07				5:21PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			9:21AM 0.13	10:13AM 0.66				10:36PM 0.53				10:58AM 0.65				11:22PM 0.55				11:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	15	12	11	11	10	9	9	11	11	12	11	9	9	7	7	12	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	10	9	9	8	7	7	10	10	11	10	9	8	6	6	12	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	6	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	13	13	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	6	12	7	12	12	13	13	10	8	8	8	8	10	9	14	11	9	9	10	12	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	6	7	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-

	Monday 02
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	1	2	2	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	286	285	260	202	250	253	205	193	194	487	191	214	244	799	915	233	1088	1179	1228	1129	1114	1127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:14AM 2.40	4:03AM 2.50											3:48PM 2.05	4:20PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)																					10:00PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	18	18	15	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	18	18	14	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	6	6	7	7	7	12	7	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	8	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	5	12	12	12	12	12	11