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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	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	5	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	7
Energy(?)	723	517	1090	944	4435	1423	341	1472	1224	423	734	847	677	336	259	141	234	160	298	168	195	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.81		7:18AM 1.76		7:20PM 1.95	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56		9:55PM 2.14	10:18AM 2.09		10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		11:59PM 2.09	12:21PM 2.07		12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	12:47PM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	1:38AM 0.48		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53		3:21PM 0.54		4:02AM 1.20	4:18PM 0.58		4:53AM 0.63	5:15PM 0.58		6:07AM 1.24	6:38PM 1.13		6:40AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	14	15	13	19	19	13	14	14	10	12	14	10	11	13	14	16	19	16	20	20	19	16
Low °C	12	14	11	16	16	9	12	13	7	11	13	10	11	11	13	15	17	15	20	19	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	19	19	11	12	12	9	11	13	8	10	13	14	15	19	16	20	20	19	15
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	6	6	12	15	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	11	10	9	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	12	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	7	-	3	5	8	-

	Friday 06					Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	723	703	745	1216	958	605	1326	1116	944	1105	4435	3062	2959	1423	2054	2017	1034	304	328	544	1319	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:53PM 1.81					7:18AM 1.76				8:04PM 2.28				8:07AM 1.65				8:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47PM 0.27				12:48AM 0.34	1:10AM 0.30				1:35PM 0.37				2:01AM 0.42				2:44PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	15	14	12	12	12	13	16	18	19	18	16	11	10	9	12	14	14	13	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	13	11	10	11	12	15	18	19	18	15	9	7	6	10	12	12	11	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	6	12	13	13	13	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	12	5	11	11	11	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	6	5	-	-	4	-	12	12	13	6	13	13	7	7	8	13	-	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	731	718	723	713	713	514	703	678	745	886	1123	291	288	1039	958	944	1090	272	358	330	1326	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:17PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)						12:25PM 0.31													1:36AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	11
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	-