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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	13	12	12	12	15	13	12	6	8	9	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1192	1142	1146	1222	969	1575	769	372	540	189	397	412	461	504	329	354	782	1141	1801	4632	1776	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 2.03		5:32AM 1.94	6:25PM 2.48		6:23AM 1.88	6:54PM 1.94		7:20AM 1.80		7:57PM 1.88	8:03AM 1.99		8:46PM 2.05	9:37AM 1.71		10:00PM 2.03	10:28AM 1.97		11:30PM 1.86	12:19PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 0.11		11:24PM 0.12	11:46AM 0.15		12:18AM 0.21	12:41PM 0.21		1:19AM 0.30		1:43PM 0.27	2:25AM 0.37		2:29PM 0.37	3:11AM 0.49		4:00PM 0.31		4:20AM 0.47	5:06PM 0.28		6:05AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-
High °C	17	18	14	14	13	10	15	15	13	16	16	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	21	21	19	17
Low °C	13	16	12	13	12	10	11	14	12	13	15	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	19	20	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	13	12	10	15	14	13	16	16	13	13	11	11	12	11	13	21	21	19	16
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	13	12	12	12	15	13	12	13	14	15	16	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	12	6	11	-	-	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	3.5 ENE	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	6	8	9	10	11	-	6

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	16	13	14	14	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1192	1159	1142	1254	596	1146	1236	1342	1222	1015	1535	1636	1116	1067	1012	1437	1163	636	660	757	604	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:07PM 2.03				5:32AM 1.94				5:58PM 2.00				6:23AM 1.88				6:54PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		10:56AM 0.11				11:24PM 0.12				11:46AM 0.15				11:56PM 0.23				12:19PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	18	16	14	13	14	12	13	15	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	15	16	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	17	18	16	13	12	14	11	12	14	12	11	11	9	9	10	12	15	16	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1186	1212	1192	1248	579	1159	1159	1092	1142	1077	1315	1254	613	565	930	1148	1254	489	489	1236	1236	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)											5:07PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)				10:56AM 0.11	11:29AM 0.66												11:24PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	15	15	17	18	18	18	16	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	14	15	17	18	18	18	16	17	16	15	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	14	13
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	-