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 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 S	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	14	13
Energy(?)	590	676	650	272	1147	684	1346	2537	3684	2765	3550	4723	575	2698	686	213	460	386	348	95	234	362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 1.48	9:02AM 2.07		9:15PM 1.48	9:49AM 1.59		10:10PM 1.53	11:04AM 2.11		10:43PM 1.84	11:33AM 1.73		11:53PM 1.73	12:22PM 1.83		12:25AM 2.12	12:53PM 2.18		1:15AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 0.63	2:44AM 0.58		3:23PM 0.61	3:38AM 0.54		4:14PM 0.55		4:51AM 1.02	5:20PM 1.05		5:19AM 0.35	5:48PM 0.35		6:07AM 0.24			6:40AM 0.16		7:03PM 0.16	7:28AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	-	-	-	1	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	7	11	12	10	12	10	10	10	11	9	13	13	9	17	17	13	16	15	13	15
Low °C	5	8	5	7	11	9	11	10	7	8	10	8	9	12	8	13	14	11	15	14	10	14
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	8	9	7	8	5	6	6	8	6	12	11	8	17	16	12	16	15	13	14
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 S	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	8	9	9	12	12	13	22	20	20	11	9	11	11	11	8	6	10	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	10	10	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	15	8	8	18	10	11	15	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 W	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	0.3 NNE	-	1.4 SW	-	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	3	8	3	6	7	13	12	12	11	-	10	3	-	10	-	4	5	5	-

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	590	1429	676	216	205	650	768	876	1083	300	454	946	2611	2039	1975	2220	782	1968	2537	2980	3471	3684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.59				8:19PM 1.48				8:53AM 1.57				9:15PM 1.48								9:48PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			2:29PM 0.63				2:44AM 0.58				3:15PM 1.16				3:38AM 0.54				3:53PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	3
Temp. °C	5	7	8	8	6	7	5	6	7	10	12	10	9	9	10	9	12	12	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	2	4	4	5	2	3	1	2	3	6	10	6	6	6	7	6	10	8	5	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	0.3 NE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	0.2 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	12	9	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	16	9	10	10	12	15	7	10	14	11	-	9	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	10	9	3	6	9	9	9	9	4	4	6	11	6	6	6	3	6	7	7	7	13

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	5	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	477	1061	590	137	1412	1429	1486	676	676	237	216	278	79	205	205	205	211	456	455	541	540	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.59													8:19PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)								2:29PM 0.63												2:22AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	18	12	12	8	11	11	11	16	16	10	9	16	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	9	9	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	3	9	9	9	9	9