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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	Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	3	2	3	0	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	12	11	11	7	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	14	14	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1327	302	326	585	1692	255	335	277	228	471	544	486	733	408	636	596	2077	1172	670	1320	1662	1749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:42PM 1.74	12:08PM 1.77		12:32AM 1.75	12:53PM 1.76	1:19PM 2.24	1:40AM 2.28		2:01PM 2.27	1:56AM 1.79		2:41PM 2.29	2:34AM 1.81		2:50PM 1.75	3:39AM 2.33		3:28PM 1.75	3:33AM 2.07	4:17AM 2.32	4:29PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	5:26PM 0.33		5:48AM 0.31	6:13PM 0.32		6:34AM 0.32		7:29PM 0.98	7:50AM 0.98		7:35PM 0.32	8:33AM 1.00		8:13PM 0.32	8:37AM 0.36		9:30PM 0.97	9:51AM 1.03		9:13PM 0.38	10:28AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	18	8	11	11	9	11	13	12	18	19	18	19	12	11	20	20	17	22	17	16	17	11
Low °C	8	6	9	11	7	11	13	10	13	18	17	17	12	9	16	19	14	19	16	13	14	10
Chill °C (?)	18	5	8	8	6	11	11	10	18	19	17	19	10	11	20	20	17	22	16	16	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 SSW	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	11	7	7	8	10	13	14	9	10	10	10	14	14	9	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	16	15	22	7	11	11	10	12	7	7	12	12	11	12	10	9	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	-	0.9 E	2.0 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	12	-	11	7	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	12	12	9	9	15	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	8
Energy(?)	1327	1981	889	714	605	509	326	446	585	616	2264	2265	1624	1025	855	776	285	432	206	277	293	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:42PM 1.74				12:32PM 2.21				12:54AM 2.25				12:53PM 1.76	1:19PM 2.24			12:58AM 2.00	1:40AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.33				5:48AM 0.31				6:42PM 0.99				6:34AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	8	8	7	7	7	10	11	11	11	9	8	7	6	11	12	11	11	10	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	18	5	5	4	4	3	7	8	8	8	6	5	5	4	11	10	8	8	7	9	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	12	12	12	11	7	11	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	10	13	12	12	12	16	15	15	14	-	9	9	12	11	11	7	11	9	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 NE	-
Period (s)	6	13	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	13	13	12	-	-	-	3	11	6	7	7	-

	Friday 14										Saturday 15
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	10	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	6	9	9
Energy(?)	1390	1204	1327	1274	2022	1981	596	455	455	455	735	302	256	659	709	719	273	272	696	440	326	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:42PM 1.74	12:04AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)					5:26PM 0.33													6:13AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	10	10	9	10	10	10	13	6	6	12	12	12	6	6	12	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	6	6	13	13	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	2	2	6	6	6	7