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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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	5	6	5	3	0	!	0	9	9	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	9	7	8	10
Energy	1573	1302	586	1732	3353	5444	4985	3037	5856	24292	11462	14149	8574	3831	1220	1442	1179	655	312	412	320	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 1.77		11:03PM 2.24	11:04AM 1.76		11:28PM 1.76	11:53AM 1.77		11:56PM 1.99		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:20PM 1.80	2:03AM 2.30		2:01PM 1.82	1:58AM 1.99		3:06PM 2.32		3:19AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.28		4:46AM 0.30	5:09PM 0.31		5:33AM 0.31	5:38PM 0.40		6:16AM 0.32		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		7:57PM 1.02	7:20AM 0.39		7:45PM 0.45	8:55AM 0.97		9:17PM 1.04	9:34AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	8	8	6	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	9	9	11	8	10	12	13	13
Low °C	9	10	7	8	7	5	5	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	7	8	7	6	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	7	9	11	7	8	11	12	13
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	5.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	12	15	-	15	14	13	12	13	12	10	9	7	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 SW	0.1 NE	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	16	10	10	10	12	-	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	10	12	6	9	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	14	15	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-

	Monday 25					Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1573	1516	1302	1240	3882	586	632	1345	1732	1964	3353	4637	5111	5444	5280	5132	4985	2603	3037	3031	3890	5856
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:08AM 1.77				11:03PM 2.24				11:04AM 1.76				11:28PM 1.76								11:56PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				4:18PM 0.28				4:46AM 0.30				5:09PM 0.31				5:33AM 0.31				5:38PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	12	10	12	13	11	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	9	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	10	11	8	10	11	9	4	6	6	6	4	3	2	2	1	1	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 WNW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	12	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	13

	Monday 25																	Tuesday 26
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Energy	1750	1750	1573	1550	1526	1516	1342	1419	1302	1283	1348	1240	1351	3819	3882	4090	4286	586	4487	1867	632	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					10:08AM 1.77												10:37PM 1.78	11:03PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)											4:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	9	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	8	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	4
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	12	12	12	-	11	11	-	-