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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	Tue		Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	12	11	9	7	8	9	7	12	12	16	17	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	693	775	807	717	889	289	358	169	633	486	858	1509	1624	2458	907	608	319	228	351	426	441	468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:08PM 2.10	7:24AM 1.65		7:20PM 1.78	8:32AM 2.12		8:31PM 1.54	9:03AM 1.64		9:25PM 1.58	9:57AM 1.67		10:21PM 1.65	11:23AM 2.23		11:48PM 2.29	12:18PM 2.31		12:15AM 1.87		1:12PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)		1:31AM 1.01		1:51PM 0.55	1:44AM 0.56		2:47PM 1.06	2:57AM 0.46		3:43PM 1.05	3:50AM 0.40		4:21PM 0.42		5:11AM 0.92	5:39PM 0.96		6:07AM 0.88	6:02PM 0.23		7:03AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	8	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	23	19	13	17	18	13	16	15	11	17	17	15	12	11	11	11	14	11	16	18
Low °C	14	12	19	18	12	15	18	11	13	12	9	15	17	11	12	11	11	10	13	9	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	23	19	12	16	17	12	15	14	8	17	17	14	10	9	8	9	13	10	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	7	12	9	10	9	8	9	10	6	12	16	17	15	15	14	6	9	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	10	11	11	10	15	9	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	12	10	6	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	7	8	4	9	7	10	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	-	5	6

	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10
Energy(?)	693	369	793	886	532	670	802	868	682	522	782	637	649	827	289	223	150	145	289	286	160	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)							7:41AM 2.13				7:41PM 1.54				8:32AM 2.12				8:31PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)									1:51PM 0.55				2:05AM 0.49				2:47PM 1.06				3:19AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	13	12	13	15	14	18	22	19	18	13	12	13	13	15	16	20	18	15	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	11	10	11	14	13	18	22	19	18	12	10	11	11	14	15	20	18	15	11	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	8	6	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	12	15	12	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	10	9	10	5	8	5	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 NE	1.0 W	0.4 SW	-	0.6 NE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	4	6	6	7	-	7	8	8	4	5	-	3	10	9	7	-	-	-	-	2	-	5

	Tuesday 25										Wednesday 26
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	11	11	8	8
Energy(?)	809	368	693	680	523	369	352	630	793	397	860	886	872	861	638	635	616	670	1065	862	802	807
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	on	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 2.10												7:24AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)													1:15AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	13	13	13	14	16	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	12	12	12	13	15	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	7	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8