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 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	0	4	3	2	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	12	12	7	19	18	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	16	14	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4618	5229	2039	399	190	152	526	521	968	2062	1667	671	356	711	972	1067	926	1631	1320	3223	657	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:35PM 2.37	7:13AM 2.04		8:34PM 2.30	9:00AM 2.25		9:14PM 1.78	9:22AM 1.92		10:28PM 1.79	10:36AM 1.94		11:40PM 1.85	12:31PM 2.24		1:07AM 2.31		1:31PM 2.31	1:37AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28PM 0.79	1:57AM 0.85		1:57PM 0.32	2:53AM 0.94		3:01PM 0.36	3:42AM 0.42		4:09PM 0.35		4:29AM 0.50	4:57PM 0.38		6:18AM 0.97	6:47PM 0.83		6:53AM 0.29		7:14PM 0.15	9:54AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	5	1
High °C	15	15	11	17	16	17	16	15	12	16	19	16	12	13	10	12	12	9	13	14	12	10
Low °C	11	14	8	12	16	12	14	14	9	13	17	12	12	12	7	10	12	7	11	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	9	17	15	17	15	14	11	16	19	16	9	11	8	10	10	8	11	12	10	6
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	7	7	11	7	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	12	11	11	18	6	10	6	7	7	7	8	16	16	8	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	9	13	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	4	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	4	12	-	-

	Sunday 22							Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	4:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	10	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	6	20	19	18	18	14
Energy(?)	453	686	1367	4143	5229	791	3877	2039	1592	557	964	726	264	205	439	266	136	215	526	392	696	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	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 Tide / height (m)			7:08AM 2.38				7:35PM 2.37				7:33AM 1.77				8:06PM 1.81				8:34AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	1:06AM 0.77			12:37PM 0.30					1:31AM 0.30				1:34PM 0.37				2:53AM 0.94				3:01PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	14	15	14	12	9	9	8	11	16	22	20	16	14	13	12	14	15	16	21
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	11	13	12	10	7	8	7	9	15	22	20	16	12	11	10	12	14	15	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	9	9	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	6	6	11	7	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.7 E	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	7	9	9	6	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.9 SE
Period (s)	2	8	10	13	13	8	13	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	7	12	6	6	6	7	-	4

	Sunday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	8:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	4.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	8	14	14	9	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	8	13	8	13	13
Energy(?)	825	503	453	736	2643	686	679	3828	4618	2091	7281	7280	3776	3387	5229	972	916	791	3373	1051	2768	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:08AM 2.38												7:06PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	1:06AM 0.77											12:59PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	9	8	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	2.5 W	4.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	2	2	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	8	13	8	13	13