Catlins Surf

Catlins Surf Forecast

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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	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	0	5	4	3	6	8	0	5	2	0	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	18	16	15	14	18	16	16	15	17	16	15	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	14	13	16	15
Energy	1346	2645	2210	2010	1350	1559	1011	942	12153	2170	3099	1656	576	7274	7214	9358	4203	4185	4249	4195	3093	2096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:05AM 1.86		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22		2:03PM 2.52	2:27AM 2.47		3:01PM 2.55	2:50AM 2.05		3:57PM 2.55		3:45AM 2.06	4:03PM 2.44		4:23AM 2.34	4:58PM 2.38		6:06AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)	5:55PM 0.22		6:17AM 0.15		6:33PM 0.20	7:11AM 0.07		8:23PM 0.78	8:07AM 0.01		8:44PM 0.10	9:03AM -0.03		9:40PM 0.10	10:01AM -0.03		10:37PM 0.11	10:40AM 0.00		11:35PM 0.14		12:25PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	1	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	11	10	9	7	7	9	8	8	9	10	11	10	9	8	9
Low °C	9	7	7	8	9	11	12	10	10	8	4	4	7	7	7	9	8	11	9	7	7	9
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	8	7	10	10	9	8	6	7	4	6	4	4	5	7	8	7	7	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	15	14	13	12	16	15	17	16	15	13	12	-	-	13	12	-	-	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	12	21	20	18	16	16	5	-	12	12	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.3 WSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 NW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	4	-	3	3	3	7	-	-	-	4	6	12	13	13	5	13	14	-	-	-

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	18
Energy	1346	1919	2681	2645	1055	2482	2210	2181	2010	1351	1217	1350	1229	1764	1559	1648	1011	1741	2074	942	1343	14820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:36AM 2.38				12:37PM 2.02				12:43AM 2.22				2:03PM 2.52				2:27AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)		5:55PM 0.22					6:17AM 0.15				6:33PM 0.20				7:11AM 0.07				7:47PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	9	9	10	7	7	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	7	8	4	4	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	8	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	15	15	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	11	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	11	11	5	22	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.3 NNE	0.8 WNW	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	8	-

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	14	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	1102	1346	1346	1662	1549	1919	2147	2374	2681	2681	2501	2645	2614	1096	1055	1041	2385	2482	2333	2238	2210	2055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													12:05AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)						5:55PM 0.22													6:17AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	8	8	5	4	4	4	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4