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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	6	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	6	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	6.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SW	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	16	16	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	14	12	12	11	12	14	13	16	16	15
Energy(?)	953	5575	4413	1894	14421	15381	6588	4069	1370	1360	2376	865	1463	758	659	515	263	352	986	5413	5622	2700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 2.17		1:39PM 1.91	2:06AM 1.96		2:24PM 1.94	3:15AM 2.42		2:49PM 2.23	3:11AM 2.21		3:29PM 2.22		4:06AM 1.90	4:08PM 2.18		5:07AM 2.41	5:06PM 1.86		5:24AM 1.77	5:48PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	6:58PM 0.17		7:27AM 0.21		7:47PM 0.13	8:11AM 0.17		9:04PM 0.69	8:34AM 0.19		8:55PM 0.15	10:04AM 0.75		9:54PM 0.18	10:12AM 0.21		10:15PM 0.27	11:20AM 0.86		11:17PM 0.34	11:34AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	19	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	14	17	16	19	22	18	20	21	17	10	11	11	14	13
Low °C	15	10	12	12	8	10	11	6	8	16	14	15	20	16	17	20	10	10	11	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	14	10	9	7	8	8	8	14	17	15	19	22	18	20	21	16	9	10	9	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 E	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	11	14	14	14	10	13	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	14	9	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 SSE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	8	12	11	-	11	10	11	14	14	12	13	14	11	11	11	11	10	5	7	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	6.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	8	13	14	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	4	-	-	4	5	13	-	-	-

	Sunday 29			Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	953	1874	4189	5575	6139	5944	4642	1974	6338	6341	8036	5393	10968	11675	9464	5562	4775	2821	4894	4069	3558	3873
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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)					1:20AM 1.94				1:23PM 2.17				1:50AM 2.21				2:08PM 2.21				2:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 0.21					7:27AM 0.21				7:30PM 0.16				8:11AM 0.17				8:31PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	5	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	14	12	12	10	12	16	12	12	11	9	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	8	7	6
Chill °C (?)	17	15	14	10	10	8	10	15	8	8	7	4	3	5	7	8	8	9	8	5	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	18	8	8	8	12	12	11	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	7	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29										Monday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	758	830	953	1015	1654	1812	1793	1604	4348	4524	5186	2249	5445	5883	6139	5693	5582	2631	5483	5061	4642	4433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													1:04AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)						6:58PM 0.17													7:27AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	6	3	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	16	16	15	15	14	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	6