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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	Thu	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	0	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	8	12
Energy(?)	1666	1327	1430	1743	1709	1316	1464	428	633	2341	3041	714	847	442	584	461	290	538	194	83	96	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:52AM 1.83		4:07PM 1.73		4:31AM 1.81	4:47PM 1.70		5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 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
Low Tide / height (m)		9:59AM 0.41		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		2:41PM 0.53	3:19AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	4	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	20	11	11	10	15	15	11	15	14	10	11	11	8	11	14	11	17	21	18	19	17	13
Low °C	12	10	10	8	13	14	9	14	11	8	10	10	6	10	13	10	15	20	14	18	16	8
Chill °C (?)	20	10	10	9	14	14	9	14	12	7	8	8	7	9	13	9	16	21	18	19	16	11
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	8	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	4	12	12	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	4	-	6

	Thu	Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1712	1666	1474	1436	1327	1239	1430	1451	1604	1743	1719	1751	1709	1649	1316	1496	1365	1464	1737	1562	1745	3179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.83					4:07PM 1.73				4:31AM 1.81				4:47PM 1.70				5:12AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:31PM 0.35				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	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	12	11	10	10	11	10	9	9	8	13	15	15	14	10	9	11	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	11	10	8	9	10	9	7	7	6	12	14	14	13	8	7	9	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 NE	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	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	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	13	5	6	12

	Thursday 20				Friday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Purakaunui Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	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	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1774	1717	1712	1691	1670	1666	1630	1595	1474	1479	1432	1436	1419	1327	1327	1348	1223	1239	1255	1411	1430	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:52AM 1.83													4:29PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 0.35												9:59AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
High °C	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	13	12	11	12	12	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	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	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	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	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-