Catlins Archives - New Zealand Surf Journal

Watch: Stormwater Deep South Strike Mission

Derek MorrisonSeptember 30, 2024September 30, 2024

by Derek MorrisonSeptember 30, 2024September 30, 20240

Like all good sessions, it was a last minute decision to give chase. I didn’t even know if there would be surfers on the hunt. The chance to shoot a clean, long-period swell with perfect winds at dawn was enough to invoke that sense of hopeless FOMO – the type......

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No Marine Reserve For The Catlins

Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023October 26, 2023

by Derek MorrisonOctober 25, 2023October 26, 20230

When the Department of Conservation (DOC) announced six new marine reserves to be the first established along the southeastern coast of the South Island in October, there was one glaring omission: The Catlins. While the six new marine reserves, dotted from Oamaru to just north of Bull Creek, aim to......

A Fickle Beast Awakens

Derek MorrisonMay 16, 2022May 17, 2022

by Derek MorrisonMay 16, 2022May 17, 20220

This was the scenario: There’s a 50-50 chance a marginal swell forecast might be enough to lure a fickle reef break to life. It’s a hell man slab that few can really do justice to. Do you roll the dice? We did (but one of us paid the price). I......

Watch: Heavy Water Strike Mission

Isaac ChadwickMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022

by Isaac ChadwickMay 16, 2022May 16, 20220

It’s not every day you get to share eight-foot caverns with your mates with less than 10 people out, but given the right circumstances and location, it’s still achievable here in New Zealand. Luckily this was us recently at a fickle beachbreak deep in the Catlins. Ollie Charlesworth had just......

Team Backdoor Score Southern Gems

Derek MorrisonApril 1, 2022November 29, 2022

by Derek MorrisonApril 1, 2022November 29, 20220

The concept is simple: take a bunch of Backdoor’s best team surfers and put them into the best waves we can find in the south. Covid has other ideas. The lineup is impeccable: newly crowned national champion Daniel Farr, Under 18 national champion Ava Henderson, inaugural Super 16 champion Taylor......

The Making Of Bask: Volume II

Derek MorrisonDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021

by Derek MorrisonDecember 8, 2021December 8, 20210

In 2020 young filmmaker Isaac Chadwick burst onto the surf scene in Otago with Bask. It was a gritty, insiders peek into the world of the surfing student in Otago. Nothing was sacred. He captured a vibrant youth culture thriving in the sub-culture of student life set to a background......

Science: The Big Wave Link Between Climate Change And The Southern Ocean

Derek MorrisonJune 11, 2020July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 11, 2020July 25, 20240

Monster waves in the Southern Ocean could grow even bigger and more frequent under climate change, scientists warn. Science journalist Jamie Morton explains what’s going on in the southern latitudes storm engine. Extreme waves in the wild and windswept ocean below New Zealand, stretching across notorious latitudes dubbed the “roaring......

Chasing Giants: Hunting The 23.8m Swell That Broke Records

Derek MorrisonMay 13, 2019

by Derek MorrisonMay 13, 20190

A group of Southern surfers chase a record-breaking swell as it lines up a remote reef break buried deep in the Catlins. What transpires has it all: blood, guts, an inhospitable peak and the rise of a new talent in big-wave surfing. New Zealand Surf Journal takes you inside one......

Luke Rogers and Ava Henderson Win Catlins Grom Comp

Derek MorrisonFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 2019

by Derek MorrisonFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 20190

Luke Rogers and Ava Henderson rise to the top of a hungry pool of grommets at Round 3 of the South Island Grom Series held in fun waves at Porpoise Bay in the Catlins. Originally scheduled be held at Colac Bay, which was super fun for most of the day......