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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	4	3	0	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 ENE	4.0 WSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	9	9	8	11
Energy(?)	1327	1430	1743	1709	1519	1464	428	3257	2011	2705	1447	1196	434	863	461	646	451	630	324	535	2481	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69	6:54PM 1.57		7:24AM 1.65		7:41PM 1.54	8:12AM 1.64		8:55PM 2.10	9:27AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			10:12PM 0.37	10:42AM 0.44		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48		1:02PM 0.54	1:15AM 0.49		1:51PM 0.55	2:05AM 0.49		2:47PM 1.06	3:19AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6
High °C	11	11	10	15	15	10	15	13	9	11	12	8	10	13	12	17	17	16	18	14	13	12
Low °C	10	10	8	13	14	9	14	10	7	10	11	6	9	12	11	14	16	15	18	14	10	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	14	14	9	14	11	6	8	10	8	8	11	11	16	16	16	18	14	12	9
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	18	10	10	15	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.7 ENE	4.0 WSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	3	6	7	7	-	-	9	8	4

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1474	1419	1327	1239	1430	1451	1722	1743	1845	1879	1709	1771	1519	1392	1282	1464	1554	1562	1604	2822	3257	828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:52AM 1.83					4:07PM 1.73				4:31AM 1.81				4:47PM 1.70				5:12AM 1.78				5:42PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59AM 0.41					10:12PM 0.37				10:42AM 0.44				10:55PM 0.41				11:42AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	13	11	10	10	11	10	9	9	8	13	15	15	14	10	9	10	9	14	15	13	10
Chill °C (?)	17	12	10	8	8	10	9	7	7	6	12	14	14	13	9	7	8	7	12	14	11	7
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	12	12

	Friday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1630	1595	1474	1479	1432	1419	1327	1327	1327	1317	1317	1239	1255	1411	1430	1446	1465	1451	1508	585	599	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.83													4:07PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)									9:59AM 0.41													10:44PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	16	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	15	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-