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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	Thu	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	12	12	17	15	15	16	15	13	13	12	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1267	1882	1657	1205	612	444	350	963	368	1074	1332	1133	343	1154	2281	1608	1310	546	1270	370	357	1725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 2.30		1:14PM 2.32	1:05AM 1.89		1:59PM 2.36	1:45AM 1.91		2:39PM 2.38	2:53AM 2.41		3:16PM 2.40			3:22PM 1.86		3:40AM 1.85	3:41PM 2.06		4:19AM 1.80	4:56PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		6:26AM 0.18		6:53PM 0.24	6:54AM 0.18		7:34PM 0.21	7:34AM 0.17		8:47PM 0.76	9:08AM 0.74		9:25PM 0.78	8:51AM 0.23		9:08PM 0.29	9:49AM 0.29		9:46PM 0.36	10:31AM 0.37		10:48PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	9	7	11	14	11	14	13	11	14	17	10	9	8	8	11	11	9	11	9	8
Low °C	3	6	8	4	7	13	9	10	13	8	10	14	9	9	8	7	9	10	8	9	9	6
Chill °C (?)	1	9	6	6	10	13	8	12	11	8	14	17	7	9	6	6	10	10	8	9	6	5
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	2.1 SW
Period (s)	17	10	11	12	12	17	15	8	11	15	13	13	12	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	12	15	4	13	10	10	15	16	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	16	8	11	11	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NW	1.8 W	1.1 NW	0.7 N	1.3 NE	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	4	4	6	4	6	5	4	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	16	17	15	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	918	1636	1799	1553	1521	1168	2268	1579	1509	1205	1045	696	532	514	681	557	756	586	561	1101	527	898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:46AM 2.30				12:47PM 1.94				1:32AM 2.35				1:29PM 1.95				1:29AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.89				6:10AM 0.22				7:26PM 0.82				7:46AM 0.72				7:34PM 0.21				8:28AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	5	6	5	3	5	8	10	7	7	6	5	4	6	11	13	13	10	9	10	9	10	14
Chill °C (?)	0	2	2	0	2	7	9	7	6	4	2	1	3	9	11	12	8	7	9	6	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	17	15	16	16	15	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.3 SW	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	10	16	11	12	16	14	13	4	4	5	13	13	18	16	12	18	10	9	9	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.9 ENE	0.3 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	8	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	4	3	4	5	4	5	7	3	5

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1075	2307	918	2081	1358	2098	1636	1342	1799	1812	1711	879	896	1569	1882	1666	2241	2019	1994	2311	1657	2386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)							12:20AM 1.86												12:32PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.89												7:00AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	6	6	8	8	8	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	-1	4	3	7	6	6	10	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 S	0.7 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	17	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	0.3 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	16	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-