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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	5	4	4	0	5	5	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	8	16	15	15	8	14	13	12	12	11	6	18	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	16
Energy(?)	460	843	1520	2093	2589	1627	2277	3523	4480	859	622	274	448	945	858	710	1473	1399	405	1502	1716	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 2.43		6:23AM 2.41	6:45PM 2.41		6:22AM 2.11	6:47PM 2.12	7:06PM 1.85	7:33AM 1.77		8:06PM 1.81	8:13AM 1.96		9:14PM 1.78	9:44AM 1.69		10:54PM 2.24	10:57AM 1.71		11:40PM 1.85	12:31PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.71		12:20AM 0.70	12:39PM 0.74		1:06AM 0.77	12:37PM 0.30		1:31AM 0.30		1:57PM 0.32	2:34AM 0.38		2:38PM 0.42	3:42AM 0.42		4:09PM 0.35		4:51AM 0.41	5:15PM 0.31		6:18AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	1	-	9	1	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	13	12	10	15	17	13	13	13	12	15	19	14	15	14	11	18	14	12	13	11	10	11
Low °C	12	11	10	10	14	10	13	13	9	12	17	11	13	13	8	17	13	10	12	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	14	16	10	10	11	10	14	19	14	14	13	10	17	14	12	12	9	8	10
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	16	15	15	9	9	13	12	12	6	11	18	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	-	11	11	8	7	9	9	9	7	11	11	15	14	13	-	9	9	9	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 ENE	1.6 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	4	10	6	8	14	13	-	3	2	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 20							Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	13	12	12	12	7	7	13	13	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	8	14	14	14
Energy(?)	268	345	460	609	717	774	983	785	3985	3344	3475	3137	1463	1290	2077	1467	1242	561	2277	4804	3523	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 2.42				5:59PM 2.43				5:54AM 1.90				5:56PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)				11:54AM 0.71				11:26PM 0.17				12:09PM 0.23				12:35AM 0.22				12:59PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	1	3	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	13	11	12	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	16	17	15	12	10	10	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	10	9	8	8	6	7	8	9	16	17	14	10	8	7	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	9	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.7 NE	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	13	13	5	5	-	4	4	6	6	8	8	14	14	7

	Friday 20
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 E	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	14	14	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	216	269	268	270	343	345	569	652	602	602	1171	1171	690	886	1560	1586	1622	774	1847	1800	1780	817
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:42AM 2.42												5:29PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)											11:24AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	10	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	11	11	11	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	13	12	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8