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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	Thu		Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	8
Energy(?)	2047	1610	1235	1430	1514	1852	1781	1466	428	613	2580	2037	1120	766	959	821	455	544	627	379	337	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:52AM 1.83		4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69			7:24AM 1.65		7:41PM 1.54	8:12AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		9:31PM 0.35	9:59AM 0.41		10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48		1:06PM 1.07	1:15AM 0.49		1:51PM 0.55	2:05AM 0.49		2:41PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	21	20	11	10	11	15	15	12	14	14	10	12	11	8	13	13	12	19	19	18	21	23
Low °C	19	12	10	10	8	13	13	9	14	11	6	11	10	6	11	13	11	15	17	15	20	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	10	9	10	14	14	10	13	12	7	10	9	7	12	12	10	19	19	18	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	16	14	10	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	16	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	11	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.7 NW	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	2.1 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.6 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.3 SW	-	1.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	4	-	-	5	-	14	-	5	3	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	11	-	6	-

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai 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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	13
Energy(?)	2047	1706	1785	1626	1504	1378	1235	1270	1430	1480	1722	1514	1270	1112	1852	536	1781	1496	1282	1466	1493	1707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:52AM 1.83					4:07PM 1.73				4:31AM 1.81				4:47PM 1.70				5:12AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 0.35				9:59AM 0.41					10:12PM 0.37				11:05AM 1.06				10:55PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	20	19	17	12	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	8	13	13	15	13	11	9	12	9
Chill °C (?)	21	19	20	19	17	11	10	8	9	9	10	8	7	6	12	12	14	12	10	7	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	3	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	14	-	-	-	11	5

	Thursday 20										Friday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai 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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1452	1923	2047	2155	2175	1706	1813	1785	1785	1648	1629	1610	1555	1522	1504	602	1465	1378	1378	1362	1235	1254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	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	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															3:52AM 1.83	4:17AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)									9:31PM 0.35												9:59AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	22	22	22	18	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	15	13	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	18	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	14	12	11	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-