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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	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	3	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	16	9	10	11	12	12	18	15	15	16	15	14	13	12	15	14	13	16	15	9
Energy(?)	64	533	1291	1044	1846	1425	1055	459	438	769	489	973	607	1155	950	301	873	1025	385	360	340	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 1.81		12:25PM 2.28	12:46AM 2.30		1:14PM 2.32	1:32AM 2.35		1:59PM 2.36	2:14AM 2.39		2:08PM 1.94	2:53AM 2.41		2:28PM 2.17	2:45AM 2.17	3:30AM 2.42	3:50PM 2.40		4:06AM 2.40	4:24PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 0.22		6:38PM 0.89	7:00AM 0.76		7:26PM 0.82	7:46AM 0.72		8:08PM 0.77	8:28AM 0.71		8:47PM 0.76	9:08AM 0.74		8:31PM 0.25	9:45AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.26	10:22AM 0.87		10:37PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	9
High °C	12	10	6	6	8	8	7	11	12	10	15	15	11	13	14	12	9	11	8	8	7	6
Low °C	9	9	6	4	5	8	4	7	11	8	11	13	10	10	13	8	9	10	6	8	6	4
Chill °C (?)	10	6	1	3	6	5	5	9	10	8	14	14	8	12	13	11	7	11	6	4	3	2
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	1.2 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	14	16	16	10	11	12	12	10	15	7	8	15	14	13	12	15	14	13	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	12	12	11	12	15	5	19	18	10	15	16	11	9	9	9	12	8	16	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	2.3 NE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 N	0.6 NE	0.5 NNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	4	3	6	8	5	4	3	3	3	4	-	-	4	4	9

	Wed	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	9	14	14	15	16	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	331	339	112	161	533	1060	1291	1203	1065	1044	2749	1783	1043	1147	1696	1283	1338	1055	1036	696	510	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 1.81					12:25PM 2.28				12:46AM 2.30				12:32PM 2.17				1:05AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					6:07AM 0.83				6:38PM 0.89				7:00AM 0.76				7:26PM 0.82				7:46AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	10	10	9	10	6	6	5	5	5	3	5	8	10	7	7	6	4	4	6	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	7	5	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	6	10	6	5	4	1	1	3	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	13	12	9	9	14	15	16	15	15	16	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	7	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	11	16	16	15	14	4	5	10	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 W	-	0.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	1.4 W	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	6	7	-	2	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	12	-	-	6

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	4.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	13	14	14	6	6	15	15	8	16	16	9
Energy(?)	685	579	96	98	64	64	58	95	112	112	178	598	161	533	744	745	810	1060	2325	1285	1291	1233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:53PM 2.25													12:01PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)												5:37AM 0.22	6:07AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	2	2	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	14	12	12	15	15	12	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	11	14	12	8	8	12	12	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	2.1 W	0.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	8	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9