Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	0	8	5	4	3	2	0	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	15	18	16	15	18	16	15	14	13	16	16	15	18	17	16	14	12	13	14	13	12	12
Energy	1026	1457	2225	1330	1346	1030	2350	2135	1485	1835	2463	527	5939	8495	3304	1842	962	465	946	3258	776	2543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90		12:36AM 2.38		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22		1:34PM 2.12	2:27AM 2.47		2:29PM 2.18	2:50AM 2.05		3:25PM 2.20		4:16AM 2.50	4:20PM 2.18		4:41AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 0.33		5:23AM 0.24	5:55PM 0.22	6:30PM 0.89	6:17AM 0.15		6:33PM 0.20	7:11AM 0.07		8:23PM 0.78	7:49AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		10:09PM 0.71	10:35AM 0.57		11:02PM 0.71	10:59AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	2	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	16	12	10	10	9	7	12	10	8	8	8	10
Low °C	11	13	10	8	9	10	8	8	9	10	15	10	10	9	5	5	9	8	8	8	7	9
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	8	9	9	8	8	7	11	15	10	6	7	7	6	9	7	4	4	5	7
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	15	18	16	15	18	16	15	14	13	12	16	15	18	17	16	14	12	13	14	20	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	14	10	10	14	12	21	20	18	16	16	5	-	-	12	11	14	12	13	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 W	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	0.2 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	3	5	5	6	-	6	-	-	3	4	-	6	-	-	-	4	3	8	13	2	5

	Thursday 11					Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1026	1631	1457	1063	1904	2225	800	1624	1330	1107	1346	1181	2362	1030	1073	2051	2350	1620	2135	1268	1292	1485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:23AM 2.02				11:10PM 1.79				11:40AM 1.90					12:36AM 2.38				12:37PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				5:32PM 0.94				5:23AM 0.24				5:37PM 0.26					6:17AM 0.15				6:33PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	13	12	13	13	11	9	8	10	11	10	9	10	10	9	8	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	10	11	11	9	7	6	8	9	8	7	9	9	7	5	8	8	7	7	7
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	18	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	6	12	12	12	11	21	21	20	20	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	1.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	4	4	-

	Thursday 11																	Friday 12
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	18	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	1280	1200	1026	1004	1741	1631	1595	1042	1457	2266	2487	1063	1022	2128	1904	1995	2112	2225	2187	2018	800	1820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:23AM 2.02													11:10PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)											5:00PM 0.29	5:32PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	11	12	12	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	18	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	14	18	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5