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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	1	2	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	12	11	9	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	674	213	198	359	629	875	508	655	604	416	667	1305	907	776	517	521	996	234	379	322	946	670
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 2.14		4:20PM 2.50		4:17AM 2.13	5:05PM 2.51		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		6:16AM 2.45	6:06PM 1.91		6:56AM 2.39		7:17PM 2.36	7:18AM 1.76		7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53	10:28AM 0.10		11:22PM 0.55	11:43AM 0.68		12:07AM 0.62	12:26PM 0.75		12:51AM 0.73		1:11PM 0.84	1:36AM 0.86		1:35PM 0.37	2:01AM 0.42		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	12	11	11	13	9	15	17	14	17	20	20	14	15	13	18	20	13	13	13	10
Low °C	14	14	11	10	11	12	8	12	17	12	15	20	12	13	14	11	14	14	10	12	12	8
Chill °C (?)	15	18	10	9	10	13	9	14	17	13	17	20	20	13	14	12	18	20	13	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	7	8	8	12	11	9	10	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	12	12	8	8	9	11	13	10	10	11	10	5	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	7	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	9	3	6	7	5	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	13	13	12
Energy(?)	659	674	295	229	500	233	198	241	240	359	1373	2134	629	462	344	216	551	508	585	662	655	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	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)				4:03AM 2.50				4:20PM 2.50				4:17AM 2.13				5:05PM 2.51				5:03AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10PM -0.01				9:40AM 0.10	10:13AM 0.66				10:36PM 0.53				10:58AM 0.65				10:48PM 0.01				11:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	15	15	18	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	9	8	8	8	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	15	15	18	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	11	10	10	9	7	7	7	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	12	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	7	10	9	10	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	10	12	12	7	12	12	13	13	8	12	9	8	8	10	10	14	11	11	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	3	-	4	6	7	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

	Sunday 01				Monday 02
	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	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	710	747	221	221	723	281	284	285	295	298	323	489	205	210	213	219	521	530	530	982	958	958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:03AM 2.50											3:48PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 0.56													10:13AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	18	15	13	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	18	13	11	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	12	12	12