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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	Fri		Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	8	12	11	9	8	12	12	12	13	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1075	960	569	3806	2449	1030	886	217	426	245	188	341	952	570	160	283	424	990	804	324	222	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:48AM 2.04		2:08PM 1.96	3:12AM 2.46		2:59PM 2.02		4:03AM 2.50	4:20PM 2.50		4:50AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.51		5:03AM 2.07	5:21PM 1.99		5:47AM 1.98	5:48PM 2.20		6:56AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)			7:59AM 0.20		8:56PM 0.64	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	10:13AM 0.66		10:36PM 0.53	10:58AM 0.65		10:48PM 0.01	11:14AM 0.12		11:35PM 0.08	12:01PM 0.18		12:22AM 0.18		1:11PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	15	17	15	16	16	15	17	15	12	11	12	11	12	14	12	16	17	15	14	14
Low °C	15	9	12	17	11	15	16	14	16	14	11	11	11	8	11	14	11	14	17	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	9	15	17	13	15	15	15	17	15	10	8	10	11	11	14	11	16	17	15	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 ENE	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 S	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	10	13	13	11	11	12	6	12	8	8	12	6	9	8	12	12	12	13	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	15	11	9	12	7	13	12	9	9	10	12	8	7	10	9	15	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	-	11	6	-	-	5	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-

	Friday 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1596	964	909	960	1532	4439	1861	3001	3806	652	3601	3262	2623	1360	1030	945	886	712	346	626	307	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 2.33				2:16AM 2.41				2:39PM 2.40				3:12AM 2.46				2:59PM 2.02					4:03AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)							7:59AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.64				8:51AM 0.14				8:53PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	11	9	9	9	13	15	17	17	15	15	13	11	15	16	15	16	18	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	9	7	8	7	12	15	17	17	14	14	12	10	15	15	14	15	18	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	5	6	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	-	-	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	10	12	5	12	12	7	12	12	12	-	-	4	11	5	6	6	6	7

	Friday 30	Saturday 31
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	431	1075	1075	1037	1536	964	812	242	235	258	239	270	275	1313	1222	1222	2931	4439	1018	1746	569	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	15	14	12	13	12	11	9	7	7	8	9	8	7	7	6	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	9	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	12	5	5	-	-