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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	Sat	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	3	3	5	7	0	!	!	9	9	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	9	20	17	16	16	16	16	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	14	16	17	15	14	13	18
Energy	568	2882	7338	12998	13475	27390	26930	13561	8096	4261	2254	2001	3379	1196	1117	1366	1083	5363	5119	1505	1536	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:09AM 1.55		7:39PM 1.63	7:37AM 1.80		8:28PM 1.64	8:50AM 1.60		9:20PM 1.67	9:45AM 1.68		10:14PM 1.72	11:13AM 2.31		11:10PM 1.79			12:05AM 1.86		12:37PM 2.02	12:43AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 1.07		1:13PM 0.53	2:06AM 0.50		2:23PM 0.44	2:53AM 0.46		3:14PM 0.40		3:42AM 0.40	4:06PM 0.35		5:04AM 0.98	4:42PM 0.33		6:00AM 0.90	5:55PM 0.22		6:56AM 0.81		6:33PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	12	13	10	9	10	9	11	11	12	13	12	11	13	15	11	11	9	8	9	14
Low °C	8	9	11	12	9	8	9	9	11	9	10	11	10	11	12	10	10	9	7	7	9	12
Chill °C (?)	5	8	8	10	6	5	6	6	8	8	10	12	11	10	11	14	9	9	8	7	9	13
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	10	17	16	-	-	-	14	13	12	14	14	16	16	15	14	16	17	15	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	-	1.0 S	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	20	9	15	-	-	-	18	14	14	10	10	9	12	11	18	20	-	-	-	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	1.1 NW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	16	16	16	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	3	4	6	7	-	3	4	-

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	8	7	7	2	0	7	!	!	!	!	!	0	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SSW	6.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	20	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	14
Energy	375	568	1631	2099	2882	6264	7338	4568	13945	12998	13993	4609	13475	19194	27390	32592	31350	26930	21562	15826	13561	14916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:07PM 2.12				7:09AM 1.55				7:39PM 1.63				7:37AM 1.80				8:28PM 1.64				8:50AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 0.52				1:13PM 0.53				2:06AM 0.50				2:23PM 0.44				2:53AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	8	9	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	4	4	4	5	8	7	10	10	10	10	8	6	5	3	5	4	6	6	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	0.2 ESE	3.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	21	10	18	17	17	17	16	14	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	19	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	15	16	23	10	20	13	9	9	15	15	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 W	0.6 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	5.5 SW	0.7 WSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SSW	6.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	4	6	6	16	4	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	-	-

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins
Rating	0	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	8	7	7	2	0	7	!	!	!	!	!	0	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	17
Energy	309	345	375	452	1031	568	1633	1549	1631	1690	2025	2099	2099	2882	2882	1037	6265	6264	6193	7156	7338	7869
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:07PM 2.12												7:09AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)								1:19AM 0.52												1:13PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	7	6	5	5	5	4	6	6	4	6	4	4	5	5	5	7	6	8	6	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	21	21	21	10	10	9	18	18	18	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	23	23	23	23	10	10	10	20	20	20	13	13	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6