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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	20	18	14	16	15	7	8
Energy(?)	207	251	408	727	587	491	452	489	497	627	312	894	623	539	283	723	958	278	586	567	650	823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 2.22		3:13PM 2.20	3:39AM 2.24		3:51PM 2.22		4:17AM 2.27	4:28PM 2.24		4:25AM 1.89	4:37PM 1.80		5:32AM 2.30	5:15PM 1.80		5:41AM 1.86	5:55PM 1.79		6:21AM 1.83	6:38PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		9:10AM 1.03		9:27PM 0.92	9:48AM 0.96		10:05PM 0.85	10:24AM 0.89		9:51PM 0.28	10:35AM 0.32		10:48PM 0.23	11:40AM 0.82		11:29PM 0.22	11:55AM 0.31		11:52PM 0.26	12:39PM 0.33		12:58AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	6
High °C	11	12	13	10	12	13	11	14	15	11	11	12	11	17	17	14	16	26	14	12	11	10
Low °C	10	11	12	8	11	12	10	12	13	9	10	11	9	14	16	12	15	24	12	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	9	11	12	10	13	14	10	9	10	9	17	17	14	16	26	13	9	7	6
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:36	-	-	9:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	18	14	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	12	11	20	9	7	9	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	3	-	-	5	6	7	8

	Fri	Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	213	207	241	287	251	272	248	299	311	573	695	632	587	254	491	474	462	452	305	451	489	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:58AM 2.22				3:13PM 2.20				3:10AM 1.84				3:23PM 1.76				3:31AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	8:46PM 0.99				9:10AM 1.03				9:27PM 0.92				9:16AM 0.39				9:28PM 0.29				9:55AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	7	12	10	12	11	10	9	9	10	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Friday 16	Saturday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	206	231	213	213	206	207	211	217	241	355	670	658	630	274	547	554	547	547	365	661	660	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:58AM 2.22												2:45PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		8:46PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	5