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 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9
Energy(?)	1289	434	407	325	654	1051	1800	726	761	1151	404	336	579	366	246	877	307	583	373	329	330	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:42PM 2.16	12:05PM 2.14		12:18AM 1.62	12:57PM 2.14		1:07AM 1.67		1:24PM 1.63	1:51AM 1.74		2:06PM 1.68	2:14AM 2.01		2:45PM 1.72	3:10AM 1.84		3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87		4:00PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		5:46AM 1.19	5:49PM 0.51		6:44AM 1.20			7:07AM 0.53		7:23PM 0.45	7:33AM 0.56		7:50PM 0.46	8:35AM 0.44		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29	9:55AM 0.35		10:08PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	16	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	13	14	11
Low °C	10	16	15	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	9	10	11	8	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	12	17	16	12	13	12	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	9	7	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.4 SW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	8	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	9	10	9	16	14	9	8	8	10	10	12	11	12	12	10	10	9	16	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	0.8 NW	1.4 SW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	5	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	8	-	8	7	7	7	8	8	4

	Mon	Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1090	1289	800	1266	260	206	407	595	1123	1084	385	541	514	855	1051	1553	1678	1800	1871	1844	1766	1740
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		11:42PM 2.16				12:05PM 2.14				12:18AM 1.62				12:37PM 1.59					1:07AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				5:27AM 0.55				5:49PM 0.51				6:19AM 0.55				6:37PM 0.49					7:07AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	10	10	15	17	16	15	13	12	11	11	12	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	8	8	14	17	16	14	12	12	9	10	11	13	12	11	10	11	10	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	15	15	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	16	16	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	-	-	8	10	10	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 12	Tuesday 13
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 S	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 S	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1266	1254	1277	1173	1008	1289	888	798	800	800	352	1266	313	503	434	434	387	387	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					11:42PM 2.16												11:45AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)											5:06AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	13	13	14	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	11	13	11	9	8	8	7	6	8	9	13	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	9	8	9	9	9	14	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 WNW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	-	-	-	-