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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	Sat	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	13	12	12	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	983	1001	822	605	377	486	537	160	221	279	314	268	241	353	353	2657	899	1801	2481	1080	1325	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:45AM 2.19		4:04PM 2.06		4:20AM 2.44	4:55PM 2.05		6:00AM 2.50	5:47PM 2.00		6:00AM 2.29	6:38PM 1.91		7:08AM 1.92		7:10PM 2.09	7:40AM 2.04		8:25PM 1.72	8:54AM 1.70		9:46PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		9:58AM 0.10		9:59PM -0.03	10:30AM 0.13		11:10PM -0.01	12:09PM 0.71		12:03AM 0.06	12:12PM 0.22		12:56AM 0.15		1:27PM 0.26	1:28AM 0.29		2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36		3:12PM 0.40	3:57AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	5	10	3	-	-	-	32
High °C	10	17	16	12	17	18	15	15	16	14	17	16	14	21	18	16	15	15	14	15	14	12
Low °C	9	14	15	12	16	18	13	15	16	12	16	15	13	19	18	15	14	13	13	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	7	17	15	12	17	18	15	15	16	13	17	16	13	21	18	16	14	14	13	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	13	12	16	10	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	5	8	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	9	8	6	17	7	15	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	2	4	13	5	12	11	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 04								Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	929	970	927	771	658	892	822	305	636	605	362	477	377	549	486	277	314	537	640	628	554	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	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)			3:45AM 2.19					4:37PM 2.50				4:37AM 2.17				4:38PM 2.35				5:28AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	9:23PM -0.02				9:38AM 0.13					10:17PM -0.03				10:50AM 0.10				11:10PM -0.01				12:09PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	10	12	16	16	14	12	12	11	11	16	17	17	18	15	14	13	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	12	16	15	13	12	12	10	10	16	17	17	18	15	14	13	13	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	7	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	18	17	7	7	5	10	10	6	8	5	6	5	8	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 03				Sunday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	889	883	929	803	941	970	968	516	948	943	778	936	890	957	969	652	658	937	926	880	822	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:45AM 2.19													4:37PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)			9:23PM -0.02												9:58AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	17	16	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	7	6	8	8	9	9	8	6	8	9	10	12	13	14	17	16	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	17	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	11	17	17	16	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	5	5	10	10	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-