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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	0	0	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.0 SSW	4.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	14	14	6	14	12	8	16	15	15	13	14	13	12	12	11	20	18	16	16
Energy(?)	2440	1991	683	659	273	441	402	556	1232	2624	2691	650	6798	1299	987	537	596	346	364	371	501	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 2.38		5:03AM 2.40	4:46PM 1.91		5:42AM 2.42	5:11PM 2.21		6:23AM 2.41	6:15PM 1.89		7:08AM 2.38		7:06PM 1.85	7:58AM 2.32		8:34PM 2.30	9:00AM 2.25		8:52PM 2.01	10:11AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 0.74		10:18PM 0.12	11:12AM 0.71		10:42PM 0.13	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		12:35AM 0.22		1:28PM 0.79	1:31AM 0.30		2:21PM 0.86	2:53AM 0.94		3:22PM 0.91	3:19AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	2	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	12	18	18	12	13	13	11	14	15	13	13	14	11	17	18	17	16	15	12	17
Low °C	12	14	12	15	17	10	12	12	9	11	14	11	13	13	8	11	17	12	13	14	10	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	17	18	10	10	10	8	14	13	12	10	12	9	17	17	17	14	13	10	17
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	16	8	14	14	7	13	12	11	12	15	15	9	14	8	12	12	7	7	14	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	1.7 SW	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 SW	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	18	9	16	7	7	15	14	14	11	16	10	7	9	9	13	9	6	11	20	18	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	4.5 WSW	1.7 SW	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	7	6	7	7	8	-	10	7	13	9	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	-

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	6	15	15	14	12	12	8	7	8
Energy(?)	1431	1432	2337	1052	1785	1159	547	735	299	269	691	408	422	441	442	245	402	501	556	641	847	568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:38PM 2.38				4:15AM 2.22				4:46PM 1.91				5:42AM 2.42				5:59PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 0.74				10:01PM 0.13				11:12AM 0.71				11:37PM 0.66				11:54AM 0.71				12:20AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	2	2	-	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	15	16	14	12	12	12	13	15	19	17	14	12	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	13	12	11	11	12	14	19	16	12	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	16	16	8	15	7	7	14	14	7	7	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	9	9	15	8	15	14	7	8	12	15	8	7	14	14	14	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	6	7	6	6	3	7	7	7	8	7	8

	Wednesday 18																Thursday 19
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1456	1377	2440	1398	2516	2228	1374	2032	1190	1173	2065	2065	938	923	1785	843	683	683	677	637	910	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:38PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)				10:33AM 0.74												10:56PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SW	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	17	17	9	17	9	9	16	16	9	8	16	8	8	8	8	8	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	18	8	10	10	8	9	16	16	9	9	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-