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 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	5	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	18	16	15	14	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	727	280	493	448	454	450	218	419	393	300	285	840	968	1060	733	775	597	1199	2443	3147	5836	4119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:39AM 2.24		3:06PM 2.02	3:48AM 1.87		4:00PM 1.79		4:55AM 2.29	4:37PM 1.80		4:45AM 2.14	4:57PM 2.08		5:41AM 1.86	5:55PM 1.79		6:21AM 1.83	6:38PM 1.77		7:05AM 1.79		7:57PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29	9:55AM 0.35		10:44PM 0.80	11:01AM 0.85		10:48PM 0.23	10:54AM 0.35		11:29PM 0.22	11:55AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.24	12:39PM 0.33		12:58AM 0.28		1:51PM 0.87	2:20AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	10	11	13	10	14	14	12	11	12	11	16	17	14	15	15	14	11	12	9	12	11	11
Low °C	8	10	12	10	12	13	10	11	11	11	14	16	14	15	15	12	11	11	9	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	8	13	13	11	9	9	8	14	16	12	15	14	12	8	9	6	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 E	3.5 SSE	4.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	11	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.6 SW	1.3 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	9	8	12	11	10	18	18	16	15	14	15	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.4 NE	0.3 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	4	3	-	-	3	5	6	7	8	8	-	-	3	6	9	10	10	-

	Sat	Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	339	727	505	660	536	527	236	210	421	448	309	300	454	450	450	460	488	634	729	779	419	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:53AM 2.07				3:51PM 2.22				3:31AM 2.11				4:00PM 1.79					4:25AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	9:27PM 0.92				9:16AM 0.39				9:28PM 0.29				9:55AM 0.35					10:08PM 0.25				11:01AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	9	8	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	13	11	10	10	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	8	12	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	13	13	12	10	9	8	7	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	4	-	4	8	3	3	3	-	7	7	-	-

	Saturday 17	Sunday 18
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	286	757	609	748	737	727	351	372	738	665	476	473	660	590	536	535	527	527	507	499	236	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:10AM 1.84												3:51PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		8:48PM 0.34													9:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-