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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	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	0	0	4	3	2	2	0	3	2	1	0	3	3	0	4	4	4	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	8	12	12	11	6	8	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	16	14	14	13	16
Energy(?)	699	1344	369	370	661	1857	921	339	244	465	948	265	697	1143	767	376	496	2468	1238	1448	1111	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 1.99		12:04AM 2.22	12:08PM 1.77		12:32AM 1.75	12:53PM 1.76		1:40AM 2.28		2:01PM 2.27	2:21AM 2.31		2:41PM 2.29	3:01AM 2.33		2:50PM 1.75	3:13AM 1.82		3:54PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.33		5:48AM 0.31	6:13PM 0.32		6:34AM 0.32	6:56PM 0.32	7:29PM 0.98	7:50AM 0.98		8:12PM 0.97	8:33AM 1.00		8:52PM 0.97	8:37AM 0.36		8:51PM 0.33	9:17AM 0.38		10:07PM 0.98	9:38AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	6	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	8	11	11	9	12	13	11	17	19	15	19	14	13	15	14	13	18	19	15	15
Low °C	13	8	7	10	10	7	12	12	9	13	18	14	18	12	10	14	13	11	17	18	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	19	5	8	8	6	11	11	8	17	19	14	19	12	12	15	13	13	18	19	15	14
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	9	9	12	7	6	10	10	10	13	9	10	10	13	16	14	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	10	16	15	-	11	11	11	10	8	13	5	14	5	13	-	9	9	9	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.9 E	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 N	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.9 W	-	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.6 ENE	0.6 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	6	6	7	8	12	-	11	7	8	10	2	9	8	5	-	10	9	-	9	3	3

	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Mon
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	13	13	12	12	9	9	15	8	8	8	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6
Energy(?)	700	2207	1539	1083	900	674	610	477	370	436	661	666	1024	1670	1804	1098	921	773	635	440	318	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	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	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:17AM 1.78				11:42PM 1.74				12:32PM 2.21				12:54AM 2.25				12:53PM 1.76				12:58AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)				5:26PM 0.33				5:48AM 0.31				6:42PM 0.99				6:34AM 0.32					7:29PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	20	8	8	7	7	8	10	11	11	10	10	8	8	7	12	12	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	20	4	5	4	4	4	7	8	8	7	7	5	6	4	11	11	10	8	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	8	7	7	12	12	11	11	7	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	14	10	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	15	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	11	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	2	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	13	12	-	-	-	10	11	6	7

	Friday 14																Saturday 15
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	9	14	14	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	9	9	12
Energy(?)	686	1278	699	1338	2208	2207	2198	1500	1539	1496	646	618	560	416	447	872	732	796	761	333	319	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:17AM 1.78												11:42PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)											5:49PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	16	17	18	18	19	20	16	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	8
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	15	16	18	18	19	20	14	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 W
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	10	10	10	6	10	10	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5