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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	Tue		Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	7	4	3	4	1	4	0	4	3	0	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	10	9	9	19	18	16	15	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12
Energy(?)	751	847	894	768	323	241	212	186	305	6482	949	1819	493	1614	553	1477	1052	343	662	352	629	1359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:23AM 2.10		2:48PM 2.05	3:44AM 2.63		3:21PM 2.37		4:08AM 2.20	4:31PM 2.05		5:04AM 2.17	5:53PM 2.50		6:30AM 2.51	6:50PM 2.42		7:30AM 2.41		7:08PM 2.12	8:08AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		8:07PM 0.04	8:36AM 0.01		9:35PM 0.63	10:04AM 0.67		9:49PM -0.02	10:24AM 0.06		10:44PM 0.00	11:22AM 0.13		12:13AM 0.67	12:43PM 0.82		1:11AM 0.73		1:42PM 0.89	1:31AM 0.24		2:32PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	4	1	-	3	-	-
High °C	9	10	16	19	15	16	14	11	17	16	16	21	14	10	11	11	12	13	15	13	17	17
Low °C	9	8	15	18	13	16	14	9	15	15	13	17	13	8	10	11	11	12	14	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	7	10	15	19	15	16	13	10	17	16	16	21	12	8	9	9	12	12	14	12	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	10	9	9	5	18	16	15	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 NE	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	6	7	9	10	6	6	20	8	11	10	10	10	16	-	8	-	6	6	6	4	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.8 NW	0.7 SE	-	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	2.1 SW
Period (s)	6	-	6	4	-	-	4	-	6	16	-	4	4	-	3	5	5	6	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	18	18
Energy(?)	751	1255	1390	1256	599	569	595	767	743	692	628	585	279	245	241	200	190	190	93	242	327	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:53AM 2.58				2:48PM 2.05				3:44AM 2.63					4:08PM 2.58				4:08AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.04				8:18AM 0.02				8:57PM -0.01					10:04AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	8	9	9	15	16	16	16	17	13	13	13	16	16	14	13	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	7	7	8	15	15	15	15	17	13	13	13	16	16	13	13	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	6	9	9	10	10	10	6	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	-	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	5	6	3	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	6	4

	Tuesday 04	Wednesday 05
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	667	762	751	963	309	309	561	1300	1390	1347	1304	1256	623	613	599	589	579	569	540	626	894	894
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														2:53AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)							7:50PM 0.05	8:07PM 0.04												8:18AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	12	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	7	7	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	22	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6