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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	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	0	0	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	20	18	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	491	668	2316	7582	5564	2055	2002	2207	2532	3331	2785	2390	849	947	422	308	440	191	289	180	151	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 2.10		12:44PM 2.12	1:22AM 1.85		1:43PM 1.87	2:26AM 2.38		2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		3:01PM 1.86		3:18AM 1.77	3:42PM 1.83		3:58AM 1.73	4:40PM 2.31		4:20AM 1.93	4:47PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27AM 0.28		7:06PM 0.23	7:58AM 0.85		8:20PM 0.88	8:38AM 0.87		8:27PM 0.30	8:43AM 0.29		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33		9:52PM 0.41	10:06AM 0.39		10:52PM 1.07	10:31AM 0.49		11:01PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	11	10	10	12	10	11	12	10	15	16	14	13	14	14	12	12	10	11	13	15
Low °C	11	12	10	8	8	11	8	9	10	9	12	14	13	12	13	11	10	10	8	8	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	17	7	7	8	12	8	11	12	10	14	15	13	13	14	14	12	12	10	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	-	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	20	13	17	-	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	18	4	-	-	10	-	5	15	-	-	-	11	10	9	8	8	7	4	5	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	2.3 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NW	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	7	5

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	4	0	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy	1284	1330	1257	1558	672	1619	712	1545	6791	7582	7603	6742	5564	4857	4189	3843	3324	1303	1154	1567	1560	1829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:24AM 2.10				1:26PM 2.38				1:22AM 1.85				1:43PM 1.87				2:26AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.26				7:16AM 0.85				7:06PM 0.23				7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26				7:46AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	12	12	18	14	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	12	10	9	10	9	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	10	17	11	7	6	7	6	5	6	8	11	8	7	9	8	6	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	20	19	19	10	13	12	17	16	11	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	10	10	18	18	18	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	3	4	3	13	13	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	4	0	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12
Energy	819	1070	1284	1110	468	1370	597	644	1500	1526	1545	1559	1548	1806	1797	1741	1644	773	773	2045	2039	2039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								1:06AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.26												6:45AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	3
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	17	18	18	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	11	12	10	11	11	11	10	12	11	12	12	15	15	16	17	17	12	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	20	7	20	11	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	20	8	20	8	10	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	12	12	12