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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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	3	2	0	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 E	1.5 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 SE	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 E	1.4 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	9	15	15	13	13	12	13	10	9	13	12	11	11	10	16	16	14	14	14	14	12	11
Energy(?)	324	1147	1469	1367	343	1000	327	472	521	1815	1673	2156	1783	1682	2013	838	885	512	193	306	723	698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 1.71		1:38PM 1.66	1:47AM 2.00		2:16PM 1.73	2:41AM 1.85		2:53PM 1.79	3:17AM 1.90		3:29PM 1.85	3:54AM 1.94		4:38PM 2.38		5:03AM 2.40	4:46PM 1.91		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		7:25AM 0.49		7:23PM 0.45	8:41AM 0.97		8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		8:59PM 0.22	9:24AM 0.27		9:38PM 0.15	10:02AM 0.22		10:56PM 0.66	11:12AM 0.71		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1
High °C	12	14	13	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	14	14	12	16	16	13	15	16	12
Low °C	10	13	13	9	11	12	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	13	11	14	15	12	13	15	10
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	8	9	14	13	12	16	15	13	13	15	10
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 E	1.4 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	9	15	15	13	13	12	9	10	9	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	14	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	8	9	8	9	10	13	12	12	7	11	12	8	18	16	16	14	14	14	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.6 W	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	5	6

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1083	1262	1158	581	520	1133	1469	1593	1471	1367	1262	1121	1030	939	355	308	356	906	411	473	472	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:23AM 1.71				1:38PM 1.66				2:03AM 1.78				2:44PM 2.19				3:09AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)					8:00AM 1.08				7:38PM 0.39				8:06AM 0.41				8:59PM 0.85				9:19AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	11	10	9	9	12	14	12	12	11	9	9	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	9	12	12	12	13	11	9	8	7	11	13	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.8 E	1.5 SW	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	8	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	14	9	13	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	16	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	9	14	9	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	4	4	-	9	9	-	-

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	901	1140	1083	488	332	1262	1256	1250	1158	1070	907	918	914	1125	520	530	643	1133	616	680	502	496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:23AM 1.71													2:02PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)													7:25AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	11	9	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	12	12	14	12	12	14	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	15	8	8	9	15	9	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	9	10	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	15	11	15	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	11	-	11	11	-	-