South Island New Zealand Surf

Detailed South Island New Zealand 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 South Island New Zealand. 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 South Island New Zealand. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in South Island New Zealand over the next 7 days. Surf photos from South Island New Zealand and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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South Island New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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 South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 ESE	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	10	11	13	14	14	13	12	20	20	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1261	1142	1594	1579	1177	434	332	80	750	5876	4720	6174	2830	2002	1160	882	1809	1735	716	1025	771	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:40AM 1.75		12:43AM 1.92	11:47AM 2.30	1:04PM 1.86	1:37AM 2.00		1:56PM 1.94	1:11AM 2.44			1:57AM 2.49		3:28PM 2.02		4:24AM 2.48	1:34PM 2.21				7:02PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	2:10AM 0.63		3:01PM 0.59		5:44AM 0.54		7:14PM 0.15	7:46AM 0.21		7:01PM 0.23	7:27AM 0.32	6:33PM 0.05	7:49PM 0.17	9:18AM 0.12		10:12PM 0.58	10:32AM 0.67		10:38PM 0.08	7:20AM 0.24		1:18AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	11	16	16	15	21	11	10	12	14	12	17	15	15	17	14	17	20	16	15
Low °C	10	11	12	9	12	15	11	17	11	9	11	13	12	12	15	13	14	14	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	10	15	15	15	21	8	7	10	11	9	17	15	14	17	14	17	20	16	15
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 ESE	-	4.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	10	-	13	11	11	13	12	20	20	16	16	15	9	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	9	-	4	9	-	12	-	18	-	10	10	11	9	9	9	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.7 SSW	-	3.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	11	-	14	14	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	-

	Thu	Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	10PM	1AM	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 South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1000	2013	1973	1009	1389	1298	1925	1512	1475	1579	1384	1170	1152	1230	1387	1931	2132	2392	1254	586	212	667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 1.79					12:05PM 1.78				11:23PM 2.31					1:04PM 1.86			11:07PM 1.96	1:53AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			2:20AM 0.68	5:55AM 0.36				6:17PM 0.23				4:23AM 0.51					7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	13	10	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	11	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	8	11	12	12	12	10	9	8	7	9	15	15	15	12	12	10	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	6	13	8	16	16	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	12	8	11	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	12	12	12	12	7	-	12

	Thursday 26				Friday 27
	8PM	9PM	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 South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	12	12	5
Energy(?)	586	2016	2016	822	1281	937	925	964	952	1240	1345	1325	1344	1211	1142	538	631	1376	67	1607	609	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 1.79	8:02PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)										4:39AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	10	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	15	17	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	8	10	8	8	7	7	10	10	9	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	14	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 S	2.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	6	12	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	20	20	8	-	8	8	18	18	-	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	16	12	16	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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