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 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	0	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	9	19	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	10
Energy(?)	794	527	414	273	162	1285	1455	1893	1743	1433	428	871	612	645	434	190	130	413	377	161	494	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 2.23	6:08PM 2.18		6:37AM 2.22	6:24PM 1.66		7:19AM 2.20	6:48PM 1.91	7:36PM 2.18	7:36AM 1.71		8:26PM 2.19	8:54AM 2.20		9:20PM 2.21	9:00AM 1.93		10:20PM 2.25	10:19AM 1.71		10:51PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	11:45PM 0.90	12:05PM 0.96		12:27AM 0.88	12:47PM 0.95		1:12AM 0.88			2:00AM 0.89		2:20PM 0.96	2:50AM 0.91		3:12PM 0.97	3:43AM 0.92		3:24PM 0.46		4:13AM 0.35	4:22PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	7	1	1	13	2	3	1	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	18	14	16	13	11	14	14	11	15	14	10	12	14	11	12	13	10	12	12	11
Low °C	11	14	16	12	13	12	10	10	12	9	11	11	8	11	12	11	12	12	9	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	11	16	17	14	15	10	10	14	14	10	15	12	10	11	12	10	10	11	8	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	9	19	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	5	10	8	7	9	18	11	11	4	10	19	18	16	16	14	14	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.9 W	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	6	4	6	6	5	6	-	5	-	-	-	5	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Mon	Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	2	4	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SE	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	11	9	9	20	19	10	18	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	732	794	628	582	527	542	414	361	1119	273	536	239	162	353	912	1949	1415	1455	1007	1772	1253	1849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	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	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:58AM 2.23				6:08PM 2.18				6:37AM 2.22				6:50PM 2.18				6:51AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		11:45PM 0.90				11:46AM 0.43				12:27AM 0.88				12:47PM 0.95				12:22AM 0.41	1:12AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	1	-	1	1	-	2	1	7	2	2
Temp. °C	11	12	12	13	14	17	18	17	13	13	12	12	13	16	14	15	11	10	10	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	12	13	16	17	16	13	12	10	10	11	15	12	14	10	10	10	10	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	8	19	18	17	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	10	4	5	20	19	8	10	8	8	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.2 W	1.9 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 NE	-	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	4	6	6	4	12	6	3	4	5	7	8	10	5	-	6	-	4	-

	Monday 22				Tuesday 23
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	2	4	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	625	686	732	767	802	952	737	788	662	603	683	582	569	572	527	527	423	596	482	424	493	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:30AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)					11:45PM 0.90												11:23AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	18	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	13	11	12	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	17	17	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	-	-	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	0.8 SW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	-	6	7	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6