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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	Wed	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	2	2	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	12	12	11	16
Energy(?)	734	828	716	517	817	262	175	227	560	819	326	451	385	374	387	949	342	962	248	478	516	822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.78		1:24PM 1.63	1:51AM 1.74		2:31PM 2.18	2:58AM 2.22		3:13PM 2.20	3:39AM 2.24		3:51PM 2.22		4:17AM 2.27	4:00PM 1.79		4:55AM 2.29	5:05PM 2.27		5:32AM 2.30	5:44PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		10:54AM 0.16		7:23PM 0.45	8:28AM 1.11		8:46PM 0.99	9:10AM 1.03		9:27PM 0.92	9:48AM 0.96		10:05PM 0.85	10:24AM 0.89		10:44PM 0.80	11:01AM 0.85		10:48PM 0.23	11:40AM 0.82		12:03AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	12	10	14	14	11	11	13	11	16	17	19
Low °C	10	10	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	9	11	12	9	12	13	9	11	11	9	13	17	18
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	8	13	13	10	10	11	9	16	17	19
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 E	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	8	12	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	11	9	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	12	7	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	5	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wed		Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	7:30PM	10:30PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	256	679	1926	1871	828	778	716	574	581	517	494	407	358	279	643	209	205	175	551	187	227	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:07AM 1.67				1:46PM 2.16				2:14AM 2.20				2:06PM 1.68				2:32AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					7:40AM 1.17				8:02PM 1.06				8:28AM 1.11				8:46PM 0.99				9:10AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	16	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	21	14	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	-	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	6	7	7	7	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.2 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	4	13	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15
	5:30PM	6:30PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	258	255	1649	1649	734	734	739	739	739	739	735	735	837	827	1790	784	773	778	1625	683	716	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:27AM 2.18												1:24PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)													7:40AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	21	21	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	18	18	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4