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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	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	9	12	12	13	13	7	8	9	9	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	891	646	340	139	325	173	597	291	925	875	280	1014	1254	2649	1954	1168	423	267	304	475	373	368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:18AM 2.09		10:16PM 1.73	10:43AM 1.70		11:45PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53		12:54AM 2.11	12:36PM 1.80		1:23AM 1.71		1:38PM 1.66	2:03AM 1.78		1:59PM 1.97	3:09AM 2.25		2:53PM 1.79	3:17AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 1.18		4:30AM 0.74	5:15PM 0.58		5:49AM 0.61	6:07PM 0.54		6:21AM 0.66	6:39PM 0.56		8:00AM 1.08		7:38PM 0.39	8:06AM 0.41		8:59PM 0.85	9:19AM 0.87		8:59PM 0.22	9:06AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	13	13	16	13	20	17	20	21	18	12	15	14	11	13	13	11	12	12	12	11
Low °C	12	17	12	13	14	12	18	16	16	19	15	10	13	13	10	12	12	11	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	17	11	13	15	12	20	16	20	21	17	10	15	13	10	12	12	10	11	10	11	9
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	9	12	11	13	13	8	9	9	9	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	9	11	8	12	9	9	12	13	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	10	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 W	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	2	5	6	6	7	8	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10							Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	12	12	13
Energy(?)	510	501	593	523	646	604	527	504	356	275	252	339	124	341	299	330	284	329	335	585	570	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			9:37AM 1.71					10:42PM 1.55				11:08AM 1.50				11:45PM 1.58				12:07PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 1.20				4:18PM 0.58				4:30AM 0.74				5:15PM 0.58				6:07AM 1.24				5:50PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	14	19	17	18	14	12	12	13	14	16	13	14	12	13	14	13	16	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	8	9	13	19	17	17	12	10	11	13	14	15	11	13	10	12	14	12	16	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	8	11	11	11	12	6	6	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	4	8	4	6	6	6	6	11	11	9	8	12	8	8	11	5	13	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	4	5	5	9	-	-	-	2	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7

	Tuesday 10
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	516	509	818	818	1048	994	891	891	406	583	566	704	347	712	646	647	389	255	255	626	621	349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																						10:16PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			3:30AM 0.70													4:18PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	15	17	14	16	19	17	17	16	19	19	16	15	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	9	11	11	8	9	9	14	17	13	16	19	17	17	14	19	19	14	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	4	4	4	8	5	8	4	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	4	-	4	5	4	-	5	5	5	-	-	4	3	3	5	5	5