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 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.5 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	8	8	10	6	6	8	10	9	9	8	8	13	13	12	19
Energy(?)	265	440	127	387	357	127	304	143	210	347	364	384	535	1125	880	657	324	281	385	367	154	854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:20PM 2.21	9:19AM 1.69		9:27PM 1.94	10:19AM 1.71		10:51PM 1.77	11:51AM 2.29		11:55PM 1.86	12:22PM 1.82		12:57AM 1.97		1:21PM 1.90	2:24AM 2.47		2:48PM 2.43	2:52AM 2.15		3:44PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)		3:43AM 0.92		3:24PM 0.46	3:53AM 0.41	4:13AM 0.35	4:41PM 0.34		5:38AM 0.94	5:38PM 0.27		6:12AM 0.27	6:35PM 0.18		7:11AM 0.22		8:09PM 0.76	8:43AM 0.82		8:28PM 0.03	9:04AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	13	14	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	15	15	13	12	13	10	12	13
Low °C	13	9	12	13	9	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	10	12	13	9	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	10	15	14	12	10	12	8	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SW	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	8	12	8	8	10	9	8	15	10	9	9	8	8	13	6	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	19	7	16	8	9	5	8	7	10	10	16	15	8	16	15	15	14	8	8	13	7	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.5 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	4	-	6	-	3	4	6	6	8	-	-	-	3	7	7	-	-	7

	Saturday 27			Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tuesday 30
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	8	8	8	11	7	8
Energy(?)	426	92	402	209	256	375	359	352	105	339	335	357	308	298	364	325	130	132	136	210	215	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:48PM 1.65				9:19AM 1.69				9:47PM 1.70					10:19AM 1.71				10:51PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					2:54AM 0.43									4:13AM 0.35				5:09PM 0.96				5:38AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	10	10	10	12	13	13	13	10	9	9	10	12	13	12	11	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	12	11	12	9	8	8	9	11	12	10	10	10	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	8	8	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	4	7	18	16	16	16	8	15	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	6	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	2	3

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	367	95	426	263	258	415	408	407	91	402	445	440	440	399	399	398	128	127	127	374	359	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:48PM 1.65	9:20PM 2.21												9:19AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)															3:15AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	9	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	7	18	18	7	7	7	4	7	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	-	-