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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	1	2	9	0	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	7	8	13	12	9	9	17	11	9	10	20	18	16	16	16
Energy	348	219	529	662	730	607	671	469	542	266	255	210	390	139	317	2960	1912	5269	11782	8123	6751	7662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:55AM 2.24	4:02PM 1.80		4:18AM 1.69	4:44PM 1.77		5:10AM 2.16	5:41PM 2.18		5:21AM 1.85	5:49PM 1.90	6:09PM 1.68	6:37AM 2.10		6:53PM 1.65	6:49AM 1.79		7:39PM 1.63	7:58AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.44	10:11AM 0.97		10:15PM 0.46	10:28AM 0.41		11:00PM 0.49	11:30AM 0.99		11:22PM 0.58	11:39AM 0.52		12:33AM 0.52		12:46PM 0.47	1:19AM 0.52		1:34PM 0.46	2:06AM 0.50		2:23PM 0.44	2:53AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	10	12	12	10	11	13	13	14	14	11	10	10	8	10	10	11	13	13	10
Low °C	12	12	10	9	9	10	9	9	12	11	11	12	10	9	9	6	8	9	10	12	11	8
Chill °C (?)	13	10	11	8	11	11	8	10	12	12	13	13	10	8	7	6	6	6	8	10	10	7
Sunrise	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.3 E	4.0 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	9	22	20	18	16	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	24	10	14	10	10	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	-	-	10	7	8	3	3	3	3	5	5	9	10	11	-	-	16	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	7	7
Energy	310	348	408	212	219	302	529	599	824	662	897	790	730	720	607	228	240	671	742	604	469	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	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
High Tide / height (m)				3:55AM 2.24				4:02PM 1.80				4:18AM 1.69				4:25PM 2.00				4:59AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		9:30PM 0.44				10:11AM 0.97				10:15PM 0.46				10:28AM 0.41				11:00PM 0.49				11:30AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	9	10	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	6	6	6	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	14	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	10	10	6	7	7

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02
	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	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	12	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	322	302	310	310	201	348	361	378	408	405	213	212	215	215	219	222	234	302	317	509	529	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:36AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)				9:30PM 0.44													10:11AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4