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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26
	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	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	6	5	4	4	3	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	19	18	18	8	11	12	14	12	12	13	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	273	54	61	53	172	343	3992	1111	1068	3725	2364	3779	10545	5355	4208	1505	1558	670	924	708	1818	2048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:22AM 2.44		6:01PM 2.45	6:22AM 2.38		7:00PM 2.37	7:26AM 2.32		8:02PM 2.30	8:04AM 1.82		8:40PM 1.86	9:08AM 1.78		10:07PM 2.24	10:08AM 1.77		10:37PM 1.78	11:28AM 2.28		11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54PM 0.16	11:43AM 0.67		12:13AM 0.82		12:43PM 0.72	1:12AM 0.86		1:45PM 0.77	2:13AM 0.91		2:24PM 0.21	2:58AM 0.28		3:23PM 0.25		3:54AM 0.29	4:42PM 0.90		5:13AM 0.97	5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	11	12	11	11	9	10	11	11	13	12	9	9	8	7
Low °C	8	8	9	8	10	10	8	8	10	9	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	10	7	8	6	5
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	8	11	10	8	9	7	10	10	10	12	11	6	6	6	5
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	5	6	7	12	12	13	13	12	13	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	1.8 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	20	10	19	18	18	16	9	14	14	11	12	12	18	11	12	13	12	15	12	11	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	1.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	2	8	11	-	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point 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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	16	8	9	11	11	12	12	12	14
Energy	307	273	69	55	54	51	61	53	63	53	85	95	172	208	343	498	750	3992	2813	2711	1111	1211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)				5:22AM 2.44					6:01PM 2.45				6:22AM 2.38				7:00PM 2.37				7:26AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		10:54PM 0.16				11:43AM 0.67					12:13AM 0.82				12:43PM 0.72				12:58AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	8	7	8	9
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	7	8	6	8	8	6	7	7	6	4	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	4	5	18	18	6	6	7	8	11	12	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	20	11	4	10	14	19	19	19	18	12	11	18	16	16	16	8	9	8	8	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	2	6	8	9	9	11	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui 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	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	19	19	19
Energy	301	336	307	315	267	273	267	68	69	258	268	55	55	54	54	54	51	51	51	61	61	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:57AM 1.98	5:22AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)					10:54PM 0.16													11:43AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	20	20	20	10	11	20	11	4	4	10	10	10	14	14	14	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-