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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	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Sat
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	7	8	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	618	841	252	144	1032	1952	3462	3073	1252	242	701	572	594	864	1549	1791	1613	441	374	755	689	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 1.87	9:50AM 1.62		10:23PM 1.60	11:10AM 2.14		11:42PM 2.16	12:05PM 2.14		12:36AM 2.16	12:17PM 1.80		1:27AM 2.18		1:24PM 1.63	1:51AM 1.74		2:31PM 2.18	2:58AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 0.40	3:16AM 0.52		3:44PM 0.55		4:50AM 1.13	4:58PM 0.50		5:46AM 1.19	6:19PM 1.15		5:59AM 0.64	6:20PM 0.57	7:13PM 1.12	7:40AM 1.17		7:23PM 0.45	7:33AM 0.56		8:46PM 0.99	9:10AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	16	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	21	20	18	13	11	13	15	14	18	19	15	14	15	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	15
Low °C	12	19	16	18	13	10	11	15	9	14	18	13	14	15	11	11	13	11	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	21	20	17	10	8	10	13	12	18	18	14	13	14	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	15
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	13	7	8	8	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	10	5	13	-	-	10	11	15	9	10	9	17	15	8	8	7	7	7	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.4 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	0.3 NW	1.8 SW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	3	-	5	3	7	8	11	11	9	2	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5

	Saturday 10					Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	16	15	7	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	618	934	661	1067	512	866	255	419	144	461	769	940	974	957	657	634	3087	2569	1261	2412	1113	1511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 1.92				8:59PM 1.87					10:12AM 2.17			9:59PM 1.81					10:48AM 1.57				11:42PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			2:50PM 0.48				3:57AM 1.04					4:25PM 1.10				4:50AM 1.13				5:22PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	9	9	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	18	21	21	18	16	19	18	18	16	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	14	18	21	21	18	15	18	17	17	14	11	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	14	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	15	16	15	9	9	14	12	15	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	4	11	6	5	5	6	13	8	9	9	-	-	13	10	-	10	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	-	6	3	5	5	4	3	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	11	10	5	10	9	9

	Saturday 10																Sunday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	610	988	618	969	562	920	361	841	380	375	372	372	542	527	296	287	870	866	291	240	255	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:54AM 1.70												8:59PM 1.87	9:46PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)									3:30PM 1.03												3:57AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	4	3	3	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	17	14	15	17
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	15	14	14	14	10	10	6	6	8	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NE	0.8 NW	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	7	3	3	3	3	4	5	-	-	-	6	6	5	3	-	-	3	5	4	5	5	5