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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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	4	0	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	12	9	9	9	8	18	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	737	747	847	894	760	310	208	192	142	187	1234	1125	1784	484	2282	1745	1110	754	792	392	351	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 2.49	2:23AM 2.10		2:48PM 2.05	3:15AM 2.17		4:08PM 2.58	3:51AM 2.49	4:08AM 2.20	4:31PM 2.05		5:04AM 2.17	5:27PM 2.00		6:30AM 2.51	6:50PM 2.42		6:44AM 2.26		7:08PM 2.12	8:32AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.04	8:36AM 0.01		8:57PM -0.01	10:04AM 0.67		9:31PM -0.03	10:24AM 0.06		10:44PM 0.00	11:22AM 0.13		12:13AM 0.67	12:43PM 0.82		12:46AM 0.13		1:42PM 0.89	1:31AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	1	1	-
High °C	13	9	11	17	19	16	15	13	11	17	14	14	20	20	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	17
Low °C	11	9	8	15	18	13	13	13	9	14	14	12	17	15	8	11	11	11	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	7	11	16	19	16	14	13	10	17	13	13	20	20	8	9	8	9	11	12	12	17
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	12	9	9	9	5	11	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	7	9	10	6	6	6	8	18	10	10	10	4	8	8	-	-	-	5	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	3	4

	Tuesday 04					Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	1	0	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	20	8
Energy(?)	196	262	747	1252	1281	1256	604	569	606	758	740	692	669	568	279	245	249	238	200	185	232	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:58PM 2.00				2:53AM 2.58				2:48PM 2.05				3:44AM 2.63				3:21PM 2.37	4:08PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24AM 0.70				8:07PM 0.04				8:18AM 0.02				8:57PM -0.01								9:31PM -0.03	10:25PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	10	9	8	8	9	9	15	17	17	16	16	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	15	16	16	15	16	14	12	13	13	15	14	13	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	6	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	-	-	-	6	-	6	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-

	Tuesday 04	Wednesday 05
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	1	0	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	176	197	737	795	675	675	263	265	492	959	1191	1252	1214	1300	410	410	638	1256	833	618	807	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:30PM 2.49												2:53AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 0.70												8:07PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	7
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	13	13	6	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6