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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 ENE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	11	12	12	17	15	15	10	15	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1481	1636	1521	1657	1205	612	444	350	963	1306	1074	1320	1133	343	1680	2281	1608	1310	1027	1270	1073	923
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 2.30		12:32PM 2.17	1:32AM 2.35		1:29PM 1.95	2:14AM 2.39		1:52PM 2.19	2:53AM 2.41		3:16PM 2.40		3:30AM 2.42	3:22PM 1.86		3:22AM 2.12	3:41PM 2.06		4:42AM 2.37	4:38PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 0.89	7:00AM 0.76		7:26PM 0.82	7:10AM 0.15		8:08PM 0.77	7:34AM 0.17		8:47PM 0.76	9:08AM 0.74		9:25PM 0.78	9:45AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.26	9:29AM 0.31		9:46PM 0.36	10:57AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	7	2	2	-	-	1
High °C	7	5	8	9	7	11	13	12	13	14	11	14	15	11	9	9	9	10	11	8	10	10
Low °C	6	4	5	8	3	7	13	9	11	13	8	9	15	9	9	8	8	9	10	6	9	9
Chill °C (?)	2	0	6	6	6	10	12	9	11	13	8	14	15	9	9	7	7	9	10	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	10	11	12	12	17	15	8	10	15	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	10	12	15	4	13	10	10	15	13	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	16	11	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NW	1.7 W	1.1 NW	0.7 N	1.3 NE	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	4	4	6	4	6	5	4	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	16	17	18	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1148	1078	918	1267	1799	1553	1882	1168	1682	1579	1509	1205	1045	696	532	684	681	557	595	586	458	1101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 2.28				12:46AM 2.30				12:32PM 2.17				1:32AM 2.35				1:29PM 1.95				2:14AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)			6:38PM 0.89				6:26AM 0.18				7:26PM 0.82				7:46AM 0.72				7:16PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	6	6	6	5	4	6	8	9	7	7	5	5	3	6	11	13	13	10	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	2	1	1	2	2	1	4	6	9	7	6	3	3	0	3	10	12	12	8	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	17	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	17	18	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	16	11	12	16	15	13	4	4	5	13	13	13	16	12	15	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	3	3	4	4	4	6	7

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	895	1148	1148	1406	1100	2126	1833	939	1344	1447	966	2098	2135	2112	1799	1598	1553	1160	1183	1569	973	2090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 2.28												12:46AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)							6:07PM 0.28												6:10AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	2	3	6	7
Chill °C (?)	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	-1	-2	-1	3	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.8 SW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	11	15	10	10	15	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	1.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	12	9	9	11	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	10	11	16	16	12	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	-	9	9	9	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-