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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	Sat		Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	0	3	3	0	3	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	7	9	10	7	10	13	14
Energy(?)	1828	1464	428	515	2078	655	991	727	364	760	461	382	586	329	553	152	215	309	885	1761	1210	3096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61		6:56AM 2.17		7:08PM 2.10	7:41AM 2.13		7:59PM 2.09	8:12AM 1.64		8:55PM 2.10	9:03AM 1.64		9:04PM 1.81	9:38AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:44AM 1.00		1:06PM 1.07	1:31AM 1.01		1:54PM 1.07	2:24AM 1.00		2:41PM 0.53	3:19AM 0.99		3:31PM 0.49	3:31AM 0.47		4:01PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	10	16	14	10	11	11	8	11	14	13	20	20	19	18	18	14	18	14	11	13	12
Low °C	14	9	14	11	7	10	10	6	10	14	12	17	19	13	16	18	11	16	13	9	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	9	15	12	7	9	9	7	9	13	12	20	20	19	18	18	14	18	12	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NE	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	7	9	10	10	6	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	16	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	7	10	10	9	9	11	12	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	-	-	9	3	5	5	7	10	-	10

	Saturday 22			Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1828	1496	1282	1464	1554	1562	1770	2685	515	543	2545	3003	2944	2600	1774	1553	600	1304	1281	727	714	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)						5:12AM 1.78				5:42PM 2.19				6:14AM 2.21				6:10PM 1.61				6:18AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				10:55PM 0.41				11:42AM 1.07				12:01AM 1.00				12:14PM 0.52				12:05AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	10	9	9	10	13	16	14	11	10	9	7	7	9	12	10	11	7	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	14	13	9	7	7	8	11	15	12	8	8	6	4	4	7	10	7	10	7	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	5	5	12	3	7	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22	Sunday 23
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2009	1828	1828	1828	1496	1496	1495	391	376	375	369	369	374	368	1554	1498	367	1562	1649	950	950	936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	5:33AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)											11:21PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	10	8	9	7	7	9	8	10	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	5	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5