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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	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	15	10	13	13	6	8	8	8	9	9	10	16	10	13	11	11	10	9	8
Energy(?)	1343	1454	1293	1196	489	961	312	319	659	617	481	297	582	775	546	566	1494	755	621	460	345	442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:16PM 1.58	7:40AM 1.48		8:16PM 1.55	8:41AM 1.46		9:16PM 1.56	9:39AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.60	10:30AM 1.55		11:18PM 2.12	11:39AM 2.16					12:52AM 2.31		1:09PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		1:43AM 0.64		2:02PM 0.61	2:41AM 0.64		2:59PM 0.59		3:35AM 0.60	3:51PM 0.53		4:24AM 0.54			5:34AM 1.04					6:44PM 0.83	7:06AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	27	-	-	20	10	1
High °C	20	16	18	16	13	13	12	11	17	15	14	13	15	12	13	12	11	12	12	10	9	9
Low °C	18	13	15	13	11	11	11	10	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	20	16	18	15	11	12	10	9	17	14	14	13	14	12	13	11	11	10	10	7	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	13	9	6	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	13	11	11	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	14	10	13	9	12	12	13	13	12	14	16	15	13	12	15	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.3 W	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	2	6	-	6	8	8	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	7	7
Energy(?)	1343	1383	1390	1454	1875	1344	1293	1313	1196	1083	1023	1218	1036	521	508	1348	983	737	346	319	201	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 1.58				7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55				8:43AM 2.00				8:53PM 1.75	9:23PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	1:04PM 0.58				1:43AM 0.64				2:02PM 0.61				2:41AM 0.64				2:59PM 0.59					3:34AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	15	15	13	13	15	18	16	13	12	11	11	11	10	13	13	11	13	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	18	14	15	12	12	15	18	15	11	10	8	8	9	9	12	11	9	12	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	13	13	13	13	6	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	10	10	7	14	9	9	10	9	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	4	6	6	6	6	7	6	-	-	9	4	6	7	7

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1320	1368	1343	1359	1366	1383	1375	1391	1390	1398	1353	1454	1454	871	879	1781	1381	1363	964	761	744	820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:16PM 1.58												7:36AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		1:04PM 0.58												1:31AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	20	19	18	16	15	16	16	15	15	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	20	19	18	16	14	16	16	15	15	12	11	12	14	14	12	9	12	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	2	5	5	5