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 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	5	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	8	13
Energy(?)	523	1055	1039	4748	1424	357	1476	1302	454	1140	862	723	403	389	356	361	198	277	415	298	312	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:18AM 1.76		7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56		9:55PM 2.14	10:03AM 1.51		10:42PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.50		11:59PM 2.09	12:21PM 2.07		12:38AM 1.64	12:56PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 0.30		1:12PM 0.42	2:01AM 0.42		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53		3:21PM 0.54			4:18PM 0.58		4:53AM 0.63	5:38PM 1.18		6:07AM 1.24	6:07PM 0.54		6:40AM 0.56	6:55PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	15	12	17	18	12	14	15	11	13	13	11	14	15	15	15	15	13	20	19	19	12	12
Low °C	14	11	17	16	10	12	13	8	11	12	10	12	15	13	13	14	12	16	19	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	16	18	10	12	14	10	12	12	11	14	15	15	15	14	11	20	19	19	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	14	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	12	15	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	5	8	4	6	9	12	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	12	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	4	-	-

	Friday 06			Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	745	808	1398	581	1330	1149	1039	1215	4748	1599	546	1424	2051	2019	1781	310	551	526	1319	1302	1220	1255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	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)							7:18AM 1.76				8:04PM 2.28				8:07AM 1.65				8:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				12:48AM 0.34	1:10AM 0.30				1:35PM 0.37				2:01AM 0.42				2:44PM 1.06				2:55AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	12	12	13	12	16	18	18	16	12	10	10	11	13	14	14	13	11	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	10	12	11	15	18	18	15	10	8	7	8	11	12	12	12	10	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	13	11	10	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	11	15	15	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	5	4	-	-	-	12	7	7	6	13	13	13	7	13	13	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	703	678	745	523	808	808	1038	1218	1398	1279	291	1055	1202	1254	1330	352	347	343	1129	1041	1039	1122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			7:18AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)													1:10AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	10	11	10	14	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	8	9	8	13	14	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-