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 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	15	14	13	13	10	8	14	13	8	9	12	14
Energy(?)	254	305	420	558	714	1565	1254	1279	1569	1246	1271	1040	684	238	218	312	100	597	167	480	619	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:45PM 2.27		5:55AM 2.20		6:29PM 2.19	6:40AM 2.11		7:19PM 2.11	7:36AM 2.04		8:18PM 2.05	8:43AM 2.00		9:23PM 2.03	9:50AM 2.01		10:24PM 2.06	10:30AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	11:37AM 1.01		11:59PM 1.10		12:18PM 1.08	12:42AM 1.17		1:05PM 1.13	1:31AM 1.21		2:01PM 1.16	2:28AM 1.23		3:05PM 1.15		3:34AM 1.20	4:09PM 1.10		4:24AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-
High °C	11	12	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	17	15	12	13	12	15	18	21	18	15	13	9	11
Low °C	11	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	11	14	14	10	11	12	13	15	20	14	13	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	12	12	12	16	16	14	17	14	10	12	10	15	18	21	18	15	11	6	10
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	13	14	14	13	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	9	6	12	8	8	8	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	-	13	14	14	13	15	14	9	13	10	8	14	19	6	8	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 NW	1.1 W	-	1.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	6	8	4	13	-	9	-	-

	Monday 06							Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.8 SSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 E	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	6	6	6	6	14	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	366	330	254	280	305	299	325	420	520	565	558	638	714	724	702	750	1563	1497	1254	1164	1279	1563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:17AM 2.29				5:45PM 2.27				5:55AM 2.20					6:29PM 2.19				6:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				11:37AM 1.01				11:59PM 1.10					12:18PM 1.08				12:42AM 1.17				1:04PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 E	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-

	Monday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	430	417	366	385	328	330	304	296	254	261	276	280	280	282	305	301	300	299	729	737	691	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)						5:17AM 2.29												5:45PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)												11:37AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6