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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	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	15	14	13	13	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	16	13	13	11	11	10	8
Energy(?)	1212	1343	1454	1293	1206	1318	1606	542	301	671	783	316	552	1096	629	1085	886	1149	1116	659	522	766
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 1.58	7:40AM 1.48		8:16PM 1.55	8:41AM 1.46		9:16PM 1.56	9:39AM 1.49		10:11PM 1.60	10:30AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		12:40PM 0.66	1:43AM 0.64		2:02PM 0.61	2:41AM 0.64		2:59PM 0.59		3:35AM 0.60	3:51PM 0.53		4:24AM 0.54									7:06AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	8	2
High °C	17	18	16	17	15	12	13	11	11	16	16	13	15	17	14	15	15	11	10	10	11	11
Low °C	13	17	12	14	13	11	10	11	10	12	13	12	13	15	12	12	13	9	9	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	17	14	10	12	9	9	15	15	12	15	17	14	15	14	11	8	7	8	8
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.3 S
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	16	13	13	11	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	15	10	10	9	9	12	12	14	13	12	12	10	15	14	12	12	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.0 W	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	4	7	-	-	6	8	8	-	-	9	3	4	5	6	5	5	7	8

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09								Friday 10								Sat
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6
Energy(?)	1212	1084	1343	1383	1391	1454	1744	1338	1293	1234	1206	1100	1030	1318	1270	1115	1606	1426	951	733	341	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:42AM 1.53				7:16PM 1.58				7:40AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.55				8:41AM 1.46				8:53PM 1.75	9:23PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			1:04PM 0.58				1:43AM 0.64				2:02PM 0.61				2:41AM 0.64				2:59PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	17	16	16	15	13	12	14	17	15	13	12	12	11	11	10	13	13	11	13	10
Chill °C (?)	13	16	17	16	16	14	12	11	13	17	14	11	10	10	8	9	9	12	11	9	12	8
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	1.2 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	4	5	6	7	6	6	-	-	-	9	4	6

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2430	720	1212	1212	1210	1161	1320	1368	1343	1359	1366	1383	1375	1391	1391	1399	1432	1454	1454	1822	948	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:42AM 1.53													7:16PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)								1:04PM 0.58												1:43AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	14	16	17	18	19	18	19	18	17	16	15	16	16	15	15	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	14	16	17	18	19	18	19	18	17	16	15	16	16	14	15	12	12	10	12
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-