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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	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	0	3	0	0	1	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 E	1.1 SSW	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	12	15	13	18	12	10	18	16	16	14	14	7	6	8	13	12	15	14
Energy(?)	1391	363	893	317	232	185	1252	751	1326	1069	2191	1794	1466	694	240	289	636	1720	5552	2788	3253	2074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:03AM 1.78		2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		3:22PM 2.26	3:48AM 2.30		4:00PM 2.32	3:54AM 1.94		3:50PM 2.18		4:32AM 1.95	5:17PM 2.42			4:42PM 0.74		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		8:06AM 0.41		8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		9:38PM 0.76	9:56AM 0.79		9:38PM 0.15	10:02AM 0.22		10:56PM 0.66	10:42AM 0.20		10:42PM 0.13	10:41AM 0.02		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	14	11	12	32	11	20	12	11	14	15	13	16	17	13	14	15	12	15	18	17
Low °C	9	11	12	10	11	32	11	19	12	11	12	15	11	15	17	10	12	14	9	12	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	10	11	32	10	20	11	10	14	14	13	15	16	11	11	13	9	14	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.8 E	1.1 SSW	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	9	9	15	13	18	12	10	18	16	16	14	8	7	13	12	13	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 N	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	1.5 SE	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 SW	0.7 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	10	13	12	11	12	4	12	20	8	9	9	8	14	8	14	8	11	16	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	8	3	3	3	7	6	8	13	5	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16									Tuesday 17
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	7:30PM	10:30PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	14	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1471	1391	1262	1141	1029	307	356	331	331	921	818	454	232	690	416	762	216	300	1216	1303	1389	1374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:03AM 1.78				2:44PM 2.19				2:41AM 1.85				3:22PM 2.26				3:48AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	7:38PM 0.39				8:06AM 0.41				8:59PM 0.85				9:19AM 0.87					8:21PM 0.17			9:56AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	9	11	15	13	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	32	28	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	7	10	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	32	28	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	8:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	13	13	13	9	12	9	12	14	14	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	14	14	14	10	9	9	12	9	12	14	11	21	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14				Sunday 15
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	18	18	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1553	1513	1471	1452	1432	410	403	459	489	1242	1225	621	362	1059	363	512	236	224	307	356	356	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:28AM 2.20												2:44PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	7:38PM 0.39													8:06AM 0.41				10:23AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	20	21	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	10	10	11	20	21	12	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	18	18	9	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	8	8	8