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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	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	5	5	4	0	0	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	11	11	10	16	16	14	14	16	8	7	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	1725	1828	1202	1316	1846	1959	1175	715	220	256	373	1173	8442	4858	3206	1074	462	3236	1138	1174	799	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 2.30		4:00PM 2.32			4:01PM 0.55			5:17PM 2.42		5:42AM 2.42	5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		6:41AM 1.84	6:47PM 2.12	7:35PM 2.37	7:13AM 2.04		8:06PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		9:56AM 0.79		10:16PM 0.70	9:44AM 0.25		10:56PM 0.66	10:33AM 0.03		11:37PM 0.66	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77	12:59PM 0.27		1:57AM 0.85		1:34PM 0.37	2:34AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	11	15	15	12	13	15	13	13	11	11	13	16	14	16	15	13	20	24	22
Low °C	11	11	12	11	13	14	12	13	14	11	12	11	10	10	13	12	15	15	11	14	24	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	9	14	14	11	13	15	11	10	7	8	11	16	11	14	13	11	20	24	22
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.3 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E	1.0 E	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	12	8	11	10	16	16	14	8	6	8	12	12	13	12	15	14	10	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 SE	1.7 E	1.7 SE	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.8 E	1.9 SW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	11	8	18	9	8	8	14	16	15	10	-	11	15	7	10	10	14	12	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	5.0 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	-	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	7	13	-	-	4	7	13	-	6	6	-

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10:30AM	4PM	4:30PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	1	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	1.7 E	1.6 SW	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	18	11	16	11	11	11	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1747	1611	1901	1813	930	1364	1202	1708	1337	1316	1468	1348	1846	1592	1410	1111	1797	1175	544	771	601	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:48AM 2.30				4:00PM 2.32	3:48PM 0.46				4:26AM 2.36				4:38PM 2.38				4:15AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	9:38PM 0.76				9:06AM 0.31	10:21AM 0.05				10:16PM 0.70				10:33AM 0.74				10:01PM 0.13				10:42AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	11	18	12	17	11	11	11	11	12	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	17	10	16	9	9	9	10	11	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.4 E	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	0.9 SW	1.9 SE	1.8 E	1.7 SE	1.7 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	18	8	16	8	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	16	16	15	15	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.3 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	1.7 E	0.1 NE	1.7 E	1.7 SE	1.7 E	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	11	4	11	4	11	8	11	8	18	17	16	16	8	8	8	8	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	6	7	6	18	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16				Tue	Mon	Tuesday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	10:30PM	2AM	0:30AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	1	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.8 E	0.4 SSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	20	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	788	1749	1747	1537	1622	300	1611	298	1901	1801	1786	1813	1815	1821	1828	1859	1646	1691	1971	1633	1683	2474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:48AM 2.30												3:13PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 0.76												9:56AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	29	11	28	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	29	9	28	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.8 E	0.6 SSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	21	7	20	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	0.4 NNE	1.5 SE	0.7 N	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	3	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8