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 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	13	8	13	8	16	11	12	12	11	9	11	13	14	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2557	2520	1570	1746	866	791	315	341	216	247	1834	3938	1110	1648	355	2066	1122	2152	1334	276	480	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 2.25	10:25AM 2.23		11:04PM 2.26	11:33AM 2.24		12:12AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.27		12:54AM 0.87		1:13PM 1.87	2:16AM 2.41		1:51PM 2.23	3:12AM 2.46		3:31PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)		2:56PM 0.44		4:13AM 0.98	4:45PM 0.95		5:18AM 1.00	5:51PM 0.92		6:27AM 0.98	6:58PM 0.85		7:03AM 0.28		8:00PM 0.75	8:33AM 0.81		8:56PM 0.64	8:51AM 0.14		9:48PM 0.56	9:40AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7
High °C	13	13	11	13	14	10	16	17	19	19	15	13	16	17	13	16	16	13	17	17	14	14
Low °C	13	12	11	12	13	9	13	17	15	14	15	9	12	15	9	12	15	10	14	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	11	12	9	16	17	19	19	13	10	16	16	13	16	15	12	17	17	14	14
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	12	11	13	12	10	9	12	13	14	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	12	16	15	14	13	11	13	7	11	6	10	10	12	12	9	8	10	11	11	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	1.1 W	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.3 NE	-
Period (s)	10	10	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	11	12	-	11	-	11	5	-	-	4	6	-

	Monday 26							Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	8	8	12
Energy(?)	3562	1919	2557	1632	2520	2726	2918	1570	1470	1333	1149	1046	1353	1078	624	525	541	373	512	235	227	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:20AM 2.24				9:56PM 2.25									11:04PM 2.26				11:33AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 0.42				3:41PM 0.94					4:13AM 0.98				4:20PM 0.35				5:18AM 1.00				5:24PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	24	14	13	11	10	10	9	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	11	24	13	12	10	9	10	7	15	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	0.7 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 ESE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	12	14	14	11	11	13	11	13	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.2 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	7	6	7	-	18	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 26
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	10:30AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2026	3761	3351	3230	3082	2979	2841	2708	2557	2590	2788	365	2157	2146	2520	2527	1932	2726	2269	2743	2918	2297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)									9:20AM 2.24												9:56PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		2:27AM 0.42	3:14AM 0.93												3:41PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	26	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	26	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	-	11	12	12	12	16	12	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.4 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	10	10	-