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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	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	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	8	12	11	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	219	302	276	2346	1447	1161	881	682	3429	989	1009	682	229	124	1931	5709	2955	4198	2279	1504	1272	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:12AM 2.30	11:53AM 2.02		12:50AM 1.94		1:13PM 1.87	2:16AM 2.41		2:39PM 2.40	3:12AM 2.46		2:59PM 2.02	3:30AM 2.14		3:48PM 2.05		4:17AM 2.13	4:35PM 2.04		5:03AM 2.07	5:21PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		5:43AM 0.42	6:08PM 0.28		7:03AM 0.28		8:00PM 0.75	7:40AM 0.25		8:56PM 0.64	9:25AM 0.72		9:10PM -0.01	9:40AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53	10:28AM 0.10		11:22PM 0.55	11:14AM 0.12		12:07AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	12	16	16	11	17	17	14	17	20	15	13	11	12	14	18	14	18	15	14
Low °C	14	14	15	9	13	15	9	13	16	10	15	19	14	13	9	10	13	17	13	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	14	9	15	15	10	17	16	12	16	20	14	11	7	8	11	17	12	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 E	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	9	12	12	10	11	13	10	13	11	12	12	12	7	7	8	9	11	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	-	1.4 S	-	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	11	11	10	13	10	13	11	-	11	11	8	12	12	10	-	14	-	11	13	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.2 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	-	0.5 NE	-	0.2 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	1.9 W	1.5 SW	-	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	12	-	11	-	-	13	5	-	3	-	4	8	12	6	12	-	3	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	9	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	12
Energy(?)	257	438	238	780	856	765	276	1351	819	3232	3093	1745	1447	2784	1161	1095	950	881	1376	1642	2257	3784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 2.07				12:12PM 1.78					1:16AM 2.35				1:13PM 1.87				2:16AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				6:02AM 0.34				6:08PM 0.28					7:03AM 0.28				7:23PM 0.13				7:59AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	16	18	17	13	16	14	13	11	11	9	13	16	16	16	11	9	10	9	14	17
Chill °C (?)	16	13	16	18	16	11	15	12	11	9	9	7	12	15	15	15	10	7	8	7	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	12	11	12	12	12	15	10	12	12	11	11	11	13	9	10	10	9	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	7	4	16	16	16	11	11	15	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	12	13	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	0.5 NW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	3	9	-	-	5	5	6	11	12	12	12	-	-	11	11	10	-	-	10	5	13	12

	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	18	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	228	289	287	271	219	219	163	473	111	111	168	780	764	768	856	302	765	765	286	1735	1735	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:46PM 1.85													12:12PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)												6:02AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	17	18	14	13	14	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	16	18	12	11	12	13	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	9	9	7	12	7	7	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	7	7	11	4	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	11	11	6