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 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	12	13	12	12	12	10	11	9	12	11	10	19	11
Energy(?)	341	188	302	277	2457	1562	1232	898	551	3012	1079	1025	676	583	172	396	2026	2811	2220	1384	204	1192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:12AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.27		12:32AM 2.17		1:41PM 2.33	1:48AM 2.04		2:39PM 2.40	3:12AM 2.46		2:59PM 2.02	3:30AM 2.14		4:20PM 2.50		4:50AM 2.51	4:35PM 2.04		5:03AM 2.07	5:21PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			6:27AM 0.98	6:25PM 0.22		7:03AM 0.28		7:23PM 0.13	8:33AM 0.81		8:56PM 0.64	9:25AM 0.72		9:10PM -0.01	9:40AM 0.10		10:00PM -0.02	10:58AM 0.65		10:48PM 0.01	11:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	18	15	12	16	16	11	17	18	14	16	20	14	13	12	12	15	16	13	18	13
Low °C	15	15	14	15	10	13	15	9	12	16	10	14	20	14	12	11	11	13	15	11	17	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	13	9	15	15	10	17	17	12	15	20	14	12	9	9	13	15	12	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	9:22	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 E	2.5 SW	0.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	12	12	10	11	13	10	13	11	13	12	12	12	6	6	10	10	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.0 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	-	1.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	10	13	10	13	11	-	11	11	9	6	10	9	10	-	12	14	19	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	1.6 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	12	-	11	-	-	12	6	-	3	6	-	11	9	12	4	-	-	3

	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	18	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	288	230	253	219	239	722	302	765	277	736	751	3534	5020	1841	1562	1950	1232	1114	964	898	2087	3576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:46PM 1.85				12:12PM 1.78									1:13PM 1.87				1:48AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		5:51PM 0.92				6:02AM 0.34				6:58PM 0.85					7:03AM 0.28				7:23PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	16	14	16	18	19	13	15	16	13	11	10	10	13	16	16	16	11	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	14	15	18	19	11	14	15	11	9	8	8	11	15	15	16	10	7	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	7	9	9	11	12	12	12	15	10	12	12	11	11	11	13	9	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	12	16	11	16	11	10	15	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	12	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	2	3	3	-	-	3	-	5	6	12	12	12	11	-	-	11	11	10	-	-	10	12

	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	12	8	12	11	12	18	18	11	11	9	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	296	232	230	338	243	289	229	272	255	255	205	188	239	298	298	151	722	177	705	713	756	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												12:12AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:27AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	17	16	19	17	16	16	17	16	16	14	15	17	16	18	16	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	17	16	19	16	16	16	17	16	16	14	15	17	16	18	16	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	11	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	7	12	12	11	16	11	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	4