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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	0	5	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.7 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	11	10	16	16	15	14	15	14	9	13	16	15	15	14	9	13	13	12	12	20
Energy(?)	1471	1265	1341	1909	1984	1173	359	464	498	744	3880	3838	1329	987	764	1145	2791	3831	1513	795	369	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:00PM 2.32			4:01PM 0.55		5:03AM 2.40	5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	5:07PM 0.81		6:22AM 2.11			7:13AM 2.04		8:34PM 2.30	9:00AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			10:16PM 0.70	10:26AM 0.04		10:18PM 0.12	11:12AM 0.71		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		12:35AM 0.22	12:37PM 0.30		1:08AM 0.34		1:34PM 0.37	2:53AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	4	9
High °C	18	12	12	16	15	12	15	16	13	13	12	11	14	15	12	14	16	13	18	19	21	14
Low °C	17	11	11	13	14	12	12	14	11	12	11	9	10	14	10	12	15	10	14	19	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	10	10	16	14	12	15	15	10	10	9	8	13	14	11	11	14	11	18	19	21	13
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	2.0 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.2 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	18	8	11	10	16	16	7	14	15	14	12	11	16	8	9	14	10	9	13	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	1.7 E	1.8 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	11	8	18	9	9	15	8	8	15	-	11	11	15	15	9	9	13	11	10	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.9 W	2.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	9	13	8	-	4	6	9	13	-	3	4	7

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM	1:30PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	4:30PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	0	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	18	17	11	11	11	10	10	10	17	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1916	1298	1243	1471	1650	1944	1397	1341	1555	1658	1909	1385	1200	806	1750	1173	1164	768	577	507	213	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 2.30									4:26AM 2.36				4:01PM 0.55				4:15AM 2.22				5:17PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:56AM 0.79	10:21AM 0.05				10:16PM 0.70				10:33AM 0.74				10:01PM 0.13				10:23AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	18	17	11	11	11	12	12	13	16	14	19	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	17	16	9	9	10	10	11	12	16	13	18	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 E	2.0 SE	1.8 E	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	12	18	17	11	8	11	10	10	10	9	9	15	16	16	15	15	15	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	0.3 NNE	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	1.7 E	1.8 SE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	7	5	4	11	11	8	19	18	18	8	16	-	9	9	8	8	8	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	-	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	-	18	17	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7

	Tuesday 17
	2AM	3AM	4AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	12:30PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	0	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 SW	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	20	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1611	1916	1916	354	461	1619	1346	1240	1243	1238	1213	1733	1718	1572	1709	1758	1937	1401	1479	1445	1397	1389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:48AM 2.30		3:19AM 0.94										3:29PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)									9:56AM 0.79													10:16PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	28	27	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	18	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	28	27	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	17	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.6 SSW	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	7	12	12	20	14	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	11	11	11	21	21	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 N	1.0 NNW	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	-	-	-	-	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.5 SW	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	3	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	8	17	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-