Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Fri		Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	0	1	5	7	7	2	0	0	5	3	2	3	6	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	12	12	6	10	8	19	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	18	16	16	14	13	14
Energy	235	200	572	682	367	2365	7820	11656	12021	4981	17192	16955	6029	4997	1890	1266	5680	4646	1172	1724	963	1009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:49PM 1.90	6:22PM 2.15	6:24AM 1.57		7:07PM 2.12	6:49AM 1.79		7:39PM 1.63	7:58AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:20PM 1.67	9:25AM 1.92		10:14PM 1.72	10:42AM 1.78		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		12:33AM 1.06		12:46PM 0.47	1:21AM 1.07		1:13PM 0.53	2:06AM 0.50		2:45PM 1.00	2:53AM 0.46		2:55PM 0.46		3:23AM 0.48	4:35PM 0.97		4:32AM 0.33	5:32PM 0.94		5:23AM 0.24	5:55PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	11	8	10	12	13	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13
Low °C	13	10	10	9	8	8	11	12	12	9	9	9	12	11	11	13	10	11	13	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	8	8	4	6	8	10	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	10	12	14	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 SW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	11	10	8	11	17	16	14	14	-	15	14	12	14	11	18	16	16	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	1.5 S	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	9	8	9	19	9	15	14	-	-	-	13	-	11	14	13	9	9	11	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.2 NW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	6.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 SW	1.2 W	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	3	4	6	6	4	6	6	6	16	16	16	15	5	14	5	3	5	-	-	-	4	4

	Friday 05			Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	5	5	8	7	0	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	12	19	12	12	18	6	6	11	10	8	9	8	9	9	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Energy	235	207	219	200	289	513	572	1190	682	238	293	367	1787	2113	2365	6711	7820	7958	12361	11656	6076	11642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	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)		5:49PM 1.90	6:09PM 1.68				6:24AM 1.57				7:07PM 2.12				6:49AM 1.79				7:39PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)					12:33AM 0.52				12:46PM 0.47				1:19AM 0.52				1:13PM 0.53				1:43AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	9	7	7	8	8	8	6	4	4	4	4	3	6	7	8	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	9	10	10	9	8	9	21	11	18	17	17	17	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	18	9	17	8	8	8	9	23	10	19	10	9	15	8	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 W	5.0 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	6	6	6	11	6	8	3	4	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	5	5	8	7	0	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	19	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	6	18	6	6	6
Energy	280	281	235	234	207	207	229	227	219	221	200	200	201	315	289	289	216	513	226	588	572	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						5:49PM 1.90	6:09PM 1.68												6:37AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)													12:33AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	8	6	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	18	11	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6