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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	Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Sat
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	9	0	5	0	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	14	14	13	13	11	9	10	7	9	10	11	12	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1354	4949	13554	5088	1092	528	2784	1090	486	118	988	1133	1952	2644	1001	1439	2353	2038	2862	4779	5478	1906
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 1.88		5:56AM 1.92	6:14PM 1.81		7:05AM 1.63		7:02PM 1.74	7:57AM 1.59		8:19PM 1.48	8:53AM 1.57		8:51PM 1.70	9:49AM 1.59		10:10PM 1.53	11:04AM 2.11		11:02PM 1.61	12:00PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	12:03PM 1.08		11:42PM 0.55	12:13PM 0.64		12:55AM 0.55		1:33PM 0.61	1:25AM 0.67		2:29PM 0.63	2:44AM 0.58		3:15PM 1.16	3:19AM 0.63		4:17PM 1.12		4:51AM 1.02	5:20PM 1.05		5:48AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	2	10	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	2	3	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	8	10	12	9	7	7	5	9	10	6	11	12	9	11	11	9	11	13	10	16
Low °C	8	8	6	6	12	5	6	7	2	7	7	5	7	10	9	10	9	9	9	11	7	10
Chill °C (?)	3	6	4	7	11	6	4	4	2	6	7	2	8	9	5	7	7	5	7	10	6	16
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.4 S	3.5 SW	0.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	14	9	13	13	11	9	8	7	10	11	11	10	11	12	13	12	20	20	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	12	7	10	16	11	-	-	8	-	-	22	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	0.6 W	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.2 WNW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	1.3 W
Period (s)	7	12	14	14	-	3	11	9	10	2	9	10	11	12	6	6	7	7	12	11	12	5

	Saturday 25					Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tue
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	9	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	10
Energy(?)	457	1492	1807	2607	3560	14473	6085	12885	3637	4419	3390	2419	1784	528	4369	4173	2784	1210	1090	751	628	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 1.88				6:18AM 1.69				6:36PM 1.56					7:15AM 2.16				7:25PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		11:25AM 0.56				12:04AM 0.49				12:39PM 0.57									1:26PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	1	-	1	3	5	2	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	8	10	11	11	8	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	5	3
Chill °C (?)	7	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	4	7	9	8	5	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	2	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	13	13	12	13	9	7	11	10	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	-	-	1.1 S	1.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	8	10	11	11	10	-	-	9	9	12	11	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	3	7	7	7	7	14	-	14	14	13	-	-	4	3	12	12	11	-	9	8	11	10

	Saturday 25																Sunday 26
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	9	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	7	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	469	1323	1354	1420	1410	4151	4226	4657	1807	5331	5699	6148	6653	1919	3560	6999	9775	14473	9752	9752	6085	2165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:51PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)					11:25AM 0.56													12:04AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	6	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.8 SW	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	13	13	13	9	9	8	13	8	9	9	9	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.7 W	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	7	12	13	13	13	4	7	14	14	14	14	14	-	-