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 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Saturday 26			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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	15	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	17	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1301	1206	881	1343	2268	1599	3716	1677	2406	1472	823	849	329	230	163	114	181	220	149	270	196	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 2.31		11:10PM 2.28	11:01AM 2.13		12:13AM 2.31		12:03PM 2.21	1:12AM 2.35		1:46PM 2.43	2:07AM 2.40		1:51PM 2.33	2:08AM 2.26		2:56PM 2.08		3:13AM 1.98	3:42PM 2.05		3:59AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		4:55PM 0.98		4:38AM 0.30	5:14PM 0.36	6:02PM 0.96	5:38AM 0.23		7:05PM 0.90	7:29AM 0.75		8:01PM 0.83	8:24AM 0.68		7:58PM 0.22	8:36AM 0.06		9:06PM 0.17	9:24AM 0.07		9:53PM 0.19	10:12AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	9	10	8	10	11	8	9	10	7	8	8	9	8	10	11	10	12	13	12
Low °C	7	9	8	8	8	7	7	10	7	7	9	6	7	8	8	6	10	8	9	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	7	8	6	8	11	6	9	10	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	11
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.1 E	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	16	10	15	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	17	11	15	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	8	7	7	12	20	17	16	15	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-

	Sunday 20							Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai 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	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1139	1075	1128	1219	1206	1000	1194	1408	1081	1238	1343	1231	1030	1130	1117	1599	1464	2349	3716	4137	3689	3288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:53AM 2.06				10:22PM 2.01				11:47AM 2.34				11:44PM 1.83					12:21PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 0.93				4:55PM 0.98				5:27AM 0.90				5:14PM 0.36				5:55AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	10	11	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	4	4	4	5	8	10	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	16	16	11	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	16	16	17	11	11	16	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 20
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai 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	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1100	1132	1139	1405	1443	1075	1476	1301	1128	1088	952	854	854	1203	1206	1769	1748	1731	1706	1689	1654	1869
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											10:42AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)				3:37AM 0.35													4:32PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	6	6	8	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	3	3	6	3	4	6	6	8	8	9	10	9	11	8	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	17	17	11	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	10	10	16	10	17	17	17	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-