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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	2	8	0	5	4	3	3	4	3	8	1	0	9	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	18	16	16	14	16	16	15	13	11	12	13	8	12	12	14	15	16	14	12	13	13	13
Energy	1350	1514	1082	1830	10943	2170	3099	1536	999	542	4539	954	7530	2811	6896	9459	4414	2694	1412	3112	2532	1462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 2.22		2:03PM 2.52	1:56AM 2.01		3:01PM 2.55	2:50AM 2.05		3:25PM 2.20		3:45AM 2.06	4:52PM 2.53		4:23AM 2.34	4:58PM 2.38		6:06AM 2.44		6:40PM 2.41	6:35AM 1.91		6:50PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		7:11AM 0.07		7:47PM 0.13	8:07AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		10:09PM 0.71	10:01AM -0.03		10:37PM 0.11	10:40AM 0.00		11:35PM 0.14		12:25PM 0.64	12:51AM 0.79		12:56PM 0.13	1:07AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	4
High °C	11	12	14	11	10	9	6	7	8	11	8	8	7	9	9	8	9	10	14	12	12	12
Low °C	9	10	13	10	10	8	4	4	6	7	7	6	6	8	8	5	6	8	10	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	13	8	7	6	6	5	6	8	5	5	3	5	5	5	7	8	12	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 E	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	16	14	16	16	15	13	11	12	13	13	12	12	-	15	16	14	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	-	-	12	12	11	12	13	-	19	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNE	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 NW	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	2.0 W	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.4 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	3	6	-	-	-	3	5	5	13	8	12	6	14	-	-	-	-	4	6	4

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	0	8	7	0	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12
Energy	1217	1350	1169	1764	1514	1427	1082	1421	1797	1830	843	6060	10943	7176	2170	1497	3281	3099	1170	2079	1536	1118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	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	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 2.22				2:03PM 2.52				2:27AM 2.47					3:01PM 2.55			2:33AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.20				7:11AM 0.07				7:47PM 0.13				8:07AM 0.01				8:44PM 0.10					9:03AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	10	10	12	14	13	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	8	6	6	6	5	4	7
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	8	8	10	13	11	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	4	3	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 S	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	9	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.9 NW	1.1 W	1.7 W	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	0	8	7	0	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	17	13	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	1325	1244	1217	1350	1451	1350	1261	1253	1169	1144	1885	1764	1656	782	1514	1493	1548	1427	1427	1602	1082	1540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							12:43AM 2.22													1:34PM 2.12	2:03PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.20													7:51AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	15	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	14	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	12	16	16	16	16	16	4	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4