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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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	0	0	1	0	5	4	4	3	1	2	2	3	2	4	5	5	4	3	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	6.5 SSW	5.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	13	16	14	13	12	12	12	11	6	14	16	14	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	12
Energy(?)	5434	3095	46	21208	12397	2909	1333	1340	388	153	105	653	417	1005	1570	3469	1572	1056	1290	408	2151	4587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:18PM 1.92	1:32AM 1.89		1:59PM 1.99	2:22AM 0.60		2:25PM 2.31	2:41AM 2.34		2:48PM 0.83		3:27AM 2.36	3:53PM 2.31		4:34AM 2.04	5:01PM 1.95		5:09AM 2.27	5:35PM 2.15		6:54AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			7:25PM 0.23	7:42AM 0.09		8:41PM 0.08	8:09AM 0.02		8:32PM 0.10	8:36AM 0.04		9:16PM 0.07	9:41AM 0.02		10:24PM 0.09	10:53AM 0.10		11:46PM 0.68	11:29AM 0.23		11:54PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	5	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	25	7	8	7	9	11	9	9	11	9	8	6	6	8	8	5	10	12	10	12
Low °C	6	6	16	7	7	4	5	11	8	8	10	8	7	6	4	6	7	4	7	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	3	4	25	2	4	3	7	10	6	7	9	7	6	2	2	6	7	3	7	10	7	9
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.4 E	-	-	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	15	5	-	-	13	12	12	12	11	10	14	16	14	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	13	13	-	-	13	12	10	10	10	7	20	7	7	8	13	12	11	11	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	1.6 W	1.2 N	6.5 SSW	5.5 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	0.9 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	15	5	5	16	14	-	3	3	4	4	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	7	10	12

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	3:30PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	18	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	950	3166	5434	5230	5435	112	5833	7593	10565	63	45	12626	8329	5521	5791	4406	3303	1142	1333	1162	1025	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 2.26				1:18PM 1.92	1:38PM 0.90			1:16AM 2.16	2:12AM 0.49			1:43PM 2.25				2:14AM 1.97				2:25PM 2.31	3:17PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)			6:59AM 0.19				7:08PM 0.27								8:07PM 0.15				8:09AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	-	8	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	5	7	8	24	7	6	6	16	16	7	8	7	6	4	4	5	5	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	1	0	1	3	4	24	2	0	0	15	14	2	4	3	2	0	1	2	2	7	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	5	12	-	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	13	9	8	8	20	-	-	-	13	18	-	11	11	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ENE	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	9	15	15	14	5	14	14	14	4	5	15	14	14	13	-	-	-	3	3	-	5

	Saturday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	3:30AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	873	4858	4994	4994	3166	219	2333	2361	2478	170	169	10004	9802	3250	5435	5435	3995	1174	2345	5865	5833	1940
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														1:02PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)							6:44AM 0.23			6:42AM 0.25										7:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1	1
High °C	6	6	5	5	5	17	6	6	6	18	17	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	5
Chill °C (?)	2	1	0	0	0	16	1	1	1	18	16	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	2	2	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	2.2 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	15	14	15	16	16	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	14	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	13	5	13	13	13	-	5	13	13	13	8	8	12	9	13	13	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 ENE	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 W	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 WNW	0.5 NW	2.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	9	5	9	9	9	5	5	15	15	5	14	14	6	3	6	14	14	3