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. Read More

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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. Read More

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Catlins Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Sun	Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.4 ESE	2.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	11	15	13	13	11	12	12	19	18	16	17	16	16	16	18	16	16
Energy(?)	1363	1075	873	834	709	951	1025	2778	2757	513	1193	768	2251	3037	1393	2238	604	519	917	751	739	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (ft)		4:36AM 5.91	5:34PM 7.61		5:50AM 7.58		6:18PM 7.58	6:38AM 7.58		6:20PM 6.76	7:31AM 7.55		7:32PM 5.84	7:40AM 6.66		8:32PM 5.74	9:06AM 5.87		9:36PM 5.74	10:14AM 6		10:42PM 5.81
Low Tide / height (ft)	10:37PM 1.02	10:52AM 0.69		11:46PM 2.62		12:13PM 2.46	12:33AM 2.69		1:02PM 2.56	12:39AM 1.18		1:54PM 2.76	1:57AM 1.02		2:06PM 1.18	2:55AM 1.02		3:29PM 1.08		3:56AM 0.92	4:32PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
High °F	48	48	50	46	48	50	48	46	46	46	45	50	45	48	48	46	50	52	46	54	54	48
Low °F	45	45	48	45	46	46	46	45	45	41	41	45	41	43	46	41	45	50	45	45	50	46
Chill °F (?)	46	46	46	45	46	50	43	39	39	39	39	48	41	45	46	41	45	48	43	52	50	45
Sunrise	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.8 SW	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	19	18	16	17	16	16	16	14	16	16
Swell2 (ft) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.1 S	0.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	8	14	15	-	22	12	8	8	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	18	10	9
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	-	1.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	5	13	13	8	12	8	-	4	-	3	5	-	-	-	3	4

	Sun	Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.5 E	1.8 SW	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1730	1728	1128	991	1075	1055	926	840	774	696	682	944	883	850	778	835	886	1025	984	2682	2778	2842
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (ft)				5:06AM 7.55				5:34PM 7.61				5:50AM 7.58				5:50PM 6.07					6:09AM 5.87
Low Tide / height (ft)		10:37PM 1.02				11:27AM 2.4				11:00PM 1.12				11:21AM 0.79					12:10AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °F	48	46	45	45	45	48	50	48	46	46	45	45	46	48	48	46	48	48	46	46	45	46
Chill °F (?)	46	46	43	43	43	46	50	48	46	43	41	39	41	46	46	43	43	43	39	39	37	39
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.1 SW	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 SW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (ft) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	16	15	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	2.0 E	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.5 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	5	-	3	5	6	14	13	13