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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	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tue
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	0	2	2	0	4	2	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	13	8	8	7	14	16	14	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	8	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	143	646	366	181	1333	428	176	312	930	480	1151	688	410	595	1099	871	331	968	1084	367	291	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 2.26	9:37AM 2.24		9:42PM 1.75	10:41AM 2.20		10:25PM 1.97	10:58AM 1.99		11:23PM 1.97	12:08PM 1.77		12:32AM 1.75			1:40AM 2.28		1:34PM 1.76	1:56AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		2:43PM 0.94	3:17AM 0.85		3:35PM 0.33	3:59AM 0.28	4:20AM 0.89	4:50PM 1.01		4:38AM 0.37	5:49PM 1.00		5:48AM 0.31	6:13PM 0.32		7:03AM 0.96	6:38PM 0.38	7:29PM 0.98	7:50AM 0.98		7:35PM 0.32	7:39AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	9	14	18	12	12	13	10	15	9	8	13	12	10	15	14	15	19	21	15	17
Low °C	13	10	8	13	15	11	12	13	9	15	7	7	10	12	7	11	13	13	17	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	13	11	6	11	17	11	11	12	9	14	6	5	11	10	10	14	12	15	19	21	14	17
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 SW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	11	13	13	8	7	14	8	8	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	8	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 E	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	14	7	7	12	12	7	13	14	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 WSW	0.5 E	1.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	1.4 W	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	6	8	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	5	-	-	6	8	9	-	-	-

	Tuesday 11					Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 ENE	0.7 SW	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	14	12	11	13	13	13	13	8	12	8	8	8	7	12	14	14	13	13	16
Energy(?)	583	203	225	224	691	577	201	205	220	313	682	163	1045	1367	548	209	262	197	235	606	744	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:08AM 1.93				8:35PM 1.79				8:54AM 2.07				9:42PM 1.75				9:59AM 2.02	10:41AM 2.20				10:25PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			2:43PM 0.94				3:17AM 0.85				3:47PM 0.99				3:59AM 0.28	4:20AM 0.89				4:33PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	13	10	9	8	10	10	14	18	14	16	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	15	10	8	7	5	7	7	13	18	11	15	8	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	7	8	7	7	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	15	14	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	14	14	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	-	8	3	4	5	6	8	8	8	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 11	Wednesday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	7	12	12	12	15	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	493	336	143	144	1295	1193	219	238	391	385	186	404	701	636	691	213	372	302	281	563	489	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 2.32												8:35PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)								2:43PM 0.94												2:57AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	13	14	12	13	13	13	9	9	8	9	7	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	6
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	7	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	6	11	14	14	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	16	16	8	15	5	5	14	5	15	6	6	12	14	7	7	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	12	12	7	6	6	6	7	-	6	6	-	-	8	8	8	3	3	4