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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	Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	2	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 S	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	12	8	10	10	6	6	7	10	9	9	8	6	13	12	20
Energy(?)	157	263	392	355	238	319	154	297	152	217	347	394	362	456	833	663	438	251	386	413	343	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:27PM 1.90	9:51AM 2.22		10:20PM 2.25	9:59AM 1.95		10:31PM 2.00	11:02AM 2.00		11:55PM 1.86	12:22PM 1.82		12:57AM 1.97		1:21PM 1.90	1:56AM 2.08		2:18PM 1.98	3:23AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 0.42	2:54AM 0.43		4:09PM 0.97			4:22PM 0.41		4:54AM 0.38	5:38PM 0.27		6:12AM 0.27			6:53AM 0.26		7:32PM 0.10	8:08AM 0.16		9:07PM 0.67	9:38AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	11	13	14	10	12	12	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	11	13	13	11	12
Low °C	12	13	9	12	13	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	10	11	12	9	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	11	12	13	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	11	12	9	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:38	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	12	7	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	8	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	19	7	16	15	9	13	8	8	8	10	10	8	15	8	15	15	14	8	13	12	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	-	-	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	-	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	4	6	6	7	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	4

	Saturday 27							Sunday 28								Monday 29
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	11	13	12	12	8	8
Energy(?)	586	507	216	97	92	91	257	278	251	235	355	310	313	131	342	267	339	400	320	288	123	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:06AM 1.93				8:27PM 1.90				9:19AM 1.69				9:47PM 1.70					10:19AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 0.38				3:12PM 0.97				2:54AM 0.43				3:45PM 0.39	4:09PM 0.97				4:13AM 0.35				5:09PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	12	13	13	13	11	9	9	9	13	12	14	13	11	10	9	9	11	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	11	12	12	12	11	7	7	7	12	10	13	12	11	10	8	8	10	12	9	8
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	13	11	13	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	4	4	10	4	4	4	7	18	16	16	16	8	8	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	661	655	315	213	160	158	222	219	216	213	379	373	367	94	426	261	472	466	459	407	91	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:06AM 1.93												8:48PM 1.65	9:20PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	11	12	14	13	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	10	10	4	4	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	4	7	18	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-