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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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	7	6	4	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	13	16	16	15	14	14	15	8	13	13	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	893	317	251	402	1830	1422	1487	1221	1320	1979	1211	393	416	176	321	1525	4335	6096	2409	1005	1341	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:09AM 2.25		2:53PM 1.79	3:17AM 1.90		4:00PM 2.32		4:26AM 2.36	3:50PM 2.18	4:02AM 0.91	5:03AM 2.40	5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		7:08AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		8:59PM 0.85	9:19AM 0.87		8:59PM 0.22	9:56AM 0.79		10:16PM 0.70	10:33AM 0.74		9:30PM 0.07	11:12AM 0.71		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77		1:28PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	19	15	13	16	16	14	15	14	11	13	13	10	20	15
Low °C	12	10	11	12	11	11	12	11	18	15	12	13	15	11	13	13	10	11	12	9	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	19	14	13	16	15	12	13	11	8	12	12	8	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SW	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	9	10	10	13	12	11	8	13	9	9	8	8	6	15	10	12	16	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	14	16	16	15	14	7	11	14	18	11	11	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	1.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	8	13	13	-	3	4	4

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	7:30PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	303	327	307	905	760	298	251	287	402	629	216	1830	1777	1614	1422	1466	1487	1223	1220	1221	1577	1462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:44PM 2.19				2:41AM 1.85				3:22PM 2.26				3:48AM 2.30				4:00PM 2.32					4:26AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 0.85				9:19AM 0.87								9:56AM 0.79					10:16PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	32	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	8	9	9	11	10	10	32	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	13	10	10	9	10	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	9	13	12	12	12	17	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.6 SE	-	1.2 E	0.4 N	1.2 SE	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	9	-	7	-	10	3	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15											Monday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	9:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	307	303	301	925	911	324	323	316	307	523	259	317	314	369	361	365	322	298	295	290	251	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 2.19													3:09AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)								8:59PM 0.85													9:19AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	25	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	11	12	10	9	10	10	10	25	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	9	9	12	13	9	9	9	9	13	17	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	14	14	9	9	14	14	14	14	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	-	-