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 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	9	9	0	5	4	4	0	3	2	3	3	3	0	3	4	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	13	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	13
Energy(?)	1844	2594	6156	9846	12811	8274	6098	1849	1945	767	997	381	649	688	794	227	503	581	441	1118	508	1233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:18PM 1.56		1:04AM 2.12		1:23PM 2.13	1:09AM 1.98		1:39PM 1.73	1:48AM 2.08		2:18PM 1.82	2:42AM 1.92		2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97		4:07PM 2.49		4:02AM 1.99	4:21PM 2.02		4:45AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.47		7:21AM 1.05			7:13AM 0.45		7:29PM 0.30	8:09AM 0.28		8:25PM 0.16	8:48AM 0.20		9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14		9:49PM 0.06	10:11AM 0.11		10:35PM 0.07	10:56AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	15	14	15	15	13	14	15	13	15	15	11	12	14	11	12	12	12	15
Low °C	12	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	11	13	14	12	13	12	10	11	12	9	11	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	14	11	13	14	11	15	14	9	11	14	10	11	10	10	15
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	13	12	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	6	8	12	8	7	12	12	13	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	13	13	8	12	12	7	7	7	10	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-

	Saturday 14							Sunday 15								Monday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.1 SE	3.0 WSW	0.9 SE	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	9	13	9	7	13	13	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1662	762	1844	528	528	1397	2556	6156	4704	8676	9846	11649	12811	11108	9807	8274	3027	6766	6098	4596	4110	3612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)				12:35PM 2.06				12:46AM 1.69					1:01PM 1.64				1:49AM 2.19				1:39PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05AM 0.56				6:04PM 0.55				6:49AM 0.48					7:03PM 0.37				7:30AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	13	12	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	12	12	13	12	11	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	0.6 SE	3.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	10	9	9	20	13	12	15	9	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	13	13	13	12	19	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.0 SW	2.2 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	10	6	9	3	3	7	6	13	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Saturday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	2.0 WSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	7	22	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	916	1654	577	565	570	1018	1044	1360	1000	1598	1820	2000	2193	2380	2594	2894	719	3633	3631	5275	5275	5489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												12:18PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:20PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.5 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	6	10	10	10	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	20	20	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	4	10	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	3	11	11	13	13	13