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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	Sat		Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	6	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2467	2354	963	246	309	227	238	232	381	833	268	223	232	337	879	938	779	602	534	594	764	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:12AM 2.46		3:31PM 2.46	3:30AM 2.14		3:48PM 2.05		4:17AM 2.13	4:35PM 2.04		5:34AM 2.49	5:50PM 2.48		6:16AM 2.45	6:33PM 2.43		6:32AM 1.88		7:17PM 2.36	7:38AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56PM 0.64	9:25AM 0.72		9:10PM -0.01	9:40AM 0.10		10:00PM -0.02	10:28AM 0.10		10:48PM 0.01	11:43AM 0.68		12:07AM 0.62	12:26PM 0.75		12:01AM 0.20	12:47PM 0.27	1:11PM 0.84	1:36AM 0.86		1:56PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	20	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	15	15	15	17	16	13	11	12	11	13	15	13	16	19	18	13	12	12	18	17
Low °C	17	11	14	14	14	16	15	11	10	11	9	11	15	11	14	18	16	12	12	10	13	16
Chill °C (?)	18	14	15	14	14	17	16	11	8	10	8	12	14	12	16	19	18	12	12	12	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	12	6	12	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	15	11	9	12	7	13	12	15	9	11	10	12	7	18	10	6	6	7	6	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.3 NNW	-	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 NW	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	-	3	6	3	-	6	7	8	-	3	3	-	-	5	-	4	4	-	4	4

	Saturday 31			Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	13	6	6	6
Energy(?)	2467	917	4042	3329	1618	1201	963	875	778	767	721	309	365	283	218	212	245	442	184	232	223	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:39PM 2.40				2:41AM 2.11				2:59PM 2.02					4:03AM 2.50			3:31PM 2.35					4:50AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 0.64				8:51AM 0.14				9:10PM -0.01					10:13AM 0.66				10:36PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	4	12
Temp. °C	18	17	14	14	12	10	15	14	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	18	18	15	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	13	11	9	15	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	15	18	18	15	12	11	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	10	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	6	7	7	7	8	12	12	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	15	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	6	5	-	-	3	4	4	6	7	7	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	6

	Saturday 31										Sunday 01
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3195	2368	2467	2666	2971	2924	2876	2835	2790	2790	2511	3329	3204	3204	501	452	667	1217	357	360	360	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:39PM 2.40													3:12AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)								8:18PM 0.05													9:25AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	11	10	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	8	10	9	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-