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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	Tue		Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	5	6	5	3	0	6	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	16	14	7	10	10	10
Energy	4024	5521	4791	3413	5665	8092	8197	6268	3922	1430	1077	1003	1080	561	274	376	249	193	184	306	566	382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 1.76	11:53AM 1.77		11:56PM 1.99		12:38PM 1.78	12:56AM 1.75		1:45PM 2.33	2:03AM 2.30		2:01PM 1.82	1:58AM 1.99		2:23PM 2.07		3:19AM 2.28	3:45PM 2.30		3:36AM 1.72	4:23PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 0.31		5:33AM 0.31	5:38PM 0.40		5:58AM 0.38		6:40PM 0.36	6:57AM 0.33		7:57PM 1.02	7:20AM 0.39		7:45PM 0.45	8:55AM 0.97		9:17PM 1.04	9:34AM 0.97		9:54PM 1.05	9:43AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	6	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	12	13	14	15	14	13	12
Low °C	7	4	5	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	8	7	8	8	7	11	9	14	14	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	7	3	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	7	7	12	12	14	14	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	6	7	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	-	-	12	12	11	11	10	-	-	9	9	5	12	14	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	4024	5159	5444	5521	5355	3118	4791	4545	3413	9661	4864	5665	7504	9609	8092	9686	8197	12658	7103	6268	5464	4817
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 1.76				11:53AM 1.77				11:56PM 1.99					12:38PM 1.78				12:56AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 0.31								5:38PM 0.40									6:40PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	6	5	5	6	5	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	7	5	3	2	2	3	1	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	4.0 SW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	5	5	14	14	6	6	-	15	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point 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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	913	2110	4024	4205	4702	5159	5159	5444	5444	5444	5521	5521	5521	5521	5355	5280	3345	3118	5060	3077	4791	4791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												11:28PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						5:09PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	6	4	6	5	6
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	4	3	0	4	1	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-