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Catlins Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Porpoise Bay Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	9	10	10	10	11	11	14	7	13	13	9	12	11	9	9	6	10	10	18	17
Energy	402	210	385	222	502	670	346	209	330	491	200	232	371	341	386	260	231	342	2703	3563	7023	9623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 2.06		3:55AM 2.24	4:02PM 1.80		4:32AM 2.20	4:25PM 2.00		5:10AM 2.16	5:41PM 2.18		5:41AM 1.60		6:09PM 1.68	6:24AM 1.57		7:07PM 2.12	6:49AM 1.79		7:19PM 1.85	7:37AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 0.44	10:11AM 0.97		10:15PM 0.46	10:50AM 0.98		11:09PM 1.05	11:30AM 0.99		11:22PM 0.58	11:59AM 0.46		12:33AM 0.52		12:46PM 0.47	1:21AM 1.07		1:34PM 0.46	1:43AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	2	-	2	-
High °C	13	14	13	12	13	10	10	13	10	12	14	13	14	13	10	9	9	8	10	11	12	13
Low °C	12	14	12	12	10	9	8	11	9	10	12	12	11	11	8	7	7	8	9	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	10	12	9	9	13	9	11	13	12	14	12	8	7	6	4	6	8	9	10
Sunrise	8:14	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	14	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	24	21	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	8	14	10	10	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	5	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	6	10	10	11	-

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	434	409	402	386	210	282	315	385	236	222	222	297	502	547	648	670	868	731	346	285	209	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)	2:56AM 1.73					3:21PM 1.82				3:55AM 2.24				4:02PM 1.80				4:18AM 1.69				4:25PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00AM 0.37					9:30PM 0.44				10:11AM 0.97				10:15PM 0.46				10:50AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	10	10	9	10	9	8	10	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	11	9	10	11	12	9	9	7	9	8	6	9	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	12	9	9	12	9	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	13	12	12	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	210	206	434	441	233	409	203	405	402	399	390	386	371	371	210	205	315	282	289	308	315	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:56AM 1.73													3:03PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)									9:00AM 0.37													9:30PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-