Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	3	2	0	1	5	7	7	0	0	9	4	3	2	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	6.5 SW	6.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	7	10	9	19	17	16	16	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	18	16	16	14	14	14	17
Energy	200	652	1149	438	2377	7296	11725	13323	19763	17373	8971	2744	4635	1596	3015	7448	4975	3270	1636	1267	1072	1578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:24AM 1.57		7:07PM 2.12	6:49AM 1.79		7:39PM 1.63	7:58AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:20PM 1.67	9:25AM 1.92		10:14PM 1.72	10:42AM 1.78		11:10PM 1.79	11:40AM 1.90		12:36AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)	12:33AM 1.06		12:46PM 0.47	1:21AM 1.07		1:13PM 0.53	2:06AM 0.50		2:23PM 0.44	2:53AM 0.46		3:39PM 0.99		3:23AM 0.48	4:06PM 0.35		4:32AM 0.33	5:00PM 0.29		5:23AM 0.24	5:55PM 0.22	6:30PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	9	10	12	13	12	9	9	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	13	10	12	13
Low °C	10	10	10	8	8	11	12	11	9	9	9	12	11	10	13	12	12	13	12	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	8	10	5	6	8	10	9	4	5	8	10	10	9	12	11	12	14	12	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	0.2 E	-	-	4.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	8	9	11	17	16	14	-	-	14	11	11	14	14	18	16	16	14	14	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	9	15	9	19	9	15	-	-	-	-	15	-	11	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.3 W	1.3 NW	5.5 SW	6.5 SW	6.0 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	3.0 SW	1.4 WNW	0.8 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	10	3	6	6	6	16	15	16	-	3	14	5	6	-	4	-	4	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	6	6	7	7	10	8	8	9	9	9	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	219	200	504	571	652	684	1149	254	371	438	463	2158	2377	6761	7296	7769	13121	11725	12644	12887	13323	11795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross
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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:09PM 1.68				6:24AM 1.57				7:07PM 2.12				6:49AM 1.79				7:39PM 1.63				7:58AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			12:33AM 0.52				12:46PM 0.47				1:21AM 1.07				1:13PM 0.53				2:06AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	1
Temp. °C	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	10	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	7	7	7	8	10	7	5	5	4	5	3	8	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	11	11	8	8	9	9	9	21	11	13	17	17	17	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	18	18	9	9	15	8	15	9	9	10	19	18	9	15	9	15	14	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	3	4	6	6	7	7	10	3	8	3	3	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	16

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai 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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10
Energy	226	227	219	221	200	200	285	504	504	536	563	571	562	673	652	665	696	684	239	1149	1149	1150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:09PM 1.68												6:24AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)							12:33AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	9	9	9	10	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10