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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	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	6	7	4	5	3	0	0	9	9	5	5	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	15	14	12	13	13	12
Energy	3064	3350	1481	1573	1375	661	1903	5054	6494	3037	3946	3244	7231	10730	10474	9189	4743	3025	1008	1116	667	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 2.26		10:07PM 2.24	10:08AM 1.77		11:03PM 2.24	11:28AM 2.28		11:28PM 1.76			11:56PM 1.99		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:02PM 2.04	1:18AM 1.99		1:43PM 2.05	1:58AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 0.25		3:54AM 0.29	4:18PM 0.28		5:13AM 0.97	5:09PM 0.31		6:04AM 0.97	5:56PM 0.34		5:58AM 0.38		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		7:03PM 0.44	8:16AM 0.96		7:45PM 0.45	8:55AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	12	12	14	9	9	6	9	10	9	11	10	10	9	9	8	10	11	9	10
Low °C	9	8	9	9	11	8	8	8	4	7	7	8	10	10	9	8	9	8	9	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	10	9	11	11	12	6	6	3	7	8	5	7	6	8	7	7	6	9	10	8	9
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	12	12	7	14	14	14	13	13	15	-	15	14	15	14	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	11	10	10	11	11	12	10	10	11	12	12	-	-	15	-	-	-	11	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	5.0 SW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	3	11	-	-	-	-	5	5	15	-	14	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sunday 24					Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	6	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	3064	4390	3350	1764	1672	1481	1172	1750	1573	1414	1375	1383	3973	661	2131	2189	1903	2775	5054	6494	6799	6494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:08AM 1.78				10:07PM 2.24				10:08AM 1.77				11:03PM 2.24				11:28AM 2.28				11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				3:46PM 0.86				3:54AM 0.29				4:18PM 0.28				5:13AM 0.97				5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	8	9	12	12	11	13	11	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	5
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	9	8	8	9	6	7	11	11	10	11	8	5	5	5	6	6	5	3	2
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	12	7	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	12	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	12	3	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	6	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	5089	5089	3064	3102	4390	4390	4028	3663	3350	3350	3196	1764	1728	1732	1672	1495	1485	1481	1418	1225	1172	1131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	10:07PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)										3:23PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	13	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-