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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	Mon		Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	0	3	3	2	1	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.9 SSE	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	13	8	12	16	11	12	13	11	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2522	1496	1635	928	799	512	230	185	249	1626	3522	1163	1947	1667	1668	1142	2043	1134	750	525	383	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:56PM 2.25	10:25AM 2.23		11:04PM 2.26	11:33AM 2.24		10:55PM 0.78	12:12PM 1.78		1:16AM 2.35			1:48AM 2.04		2:08PM 1.96	2:41AM 2.11		3:31PM 2.46			3:48PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			4:13AM 0.98	4:45PM 0.95		5:18AM 1.00	5:51PM 0.92		6:02AM 0.34	6:25PM 0.22		7:34AM 0.91		7:23PM 0.13	7:59AM 0.20		8:18PM 0.05	9:25AM 0.72		9:48PM 0.56	9:40AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	12	13	13	10	16	16	19	18	15	13	15	15	13	17	16	12	16	18	15	23	23
Low °C	12	11	12	13	9	14	14	16	15	15	9	12	15	10	14	15	10	14	17	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	11	9	16	15	19	18	13	11	15	15	13	16	15	11	15	17	15	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	12	11	14	13	11	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	16	15	14	13	13	11	12	11	6	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	6	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	0.6 NW	1.6 W	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	11	10	5	6	-	-	4	6	7	3

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	13	11	18	11	12	11
Energy(?)	2522	2549	2844	1496	1470	1338	2148	1235	1370	1120	643	525	541	625	512	414	341	230	258	190	246	650
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 2.25									11:04PM 2.26				11:05AM 1.72				12:12AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	3:41PM 0.94					4:13AM 0.98				4:20PM 0.35				4:58AM 0.38				5:51PM 0.92				6:02AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	25	14	13	11	10	9	10	15	17	15	16	17	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	25	12	12	10	10	9	10	15	17	15	15	17	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 E	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	12	14	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	2.3 S	1.4 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	6	7	10	18	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	2

	Monday 26	Tuesday 27
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	6:30PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.7 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1489	2533	2522	2529	2542	2549	2754	246	2609	2609	2834	1496	1798	2265	2152	2115	2088	1338	1332	2154	1635	1635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:25PM 1.74												9:56AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			3:41PM 0.94												3:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	30	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	30	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	22	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.3 ESE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	3	10	10	10	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	10	-	-