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

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	Thu	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 NNE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	16	15	14	11	14	13	6	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	12
Energy(?)	328	1577	3330	1228	837	847	219	131	75	1215	1826	348	758	461	956	310	406	997	1672	2046	654	825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 1.80		8:25PM 1.72	9:16AM 2.22		9:23PM 1.64	9:50AM 1.62		7:24PM 1.69	7:52AM 1.68	6:36PM 2.19	8:26PM 1.65	7:17AM 2.48		9:29PM 1.65	9:43AM 1.66		11:43PM 2.14	9:00AM 2.44	1:46PM 2.16	2:21AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.25		2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36		3:33PM 0.36	3:38AM 0.45		1:08PM 0.60	1:42AM 0.64			2:43AM 0.71		4:40PM 0.87	3:43AM 0.72		1:59PM 0.95				7:52PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	12	21	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	14	16	21	20	20	27	10	15	16	14	23	18	16	11	12	12	12	18	17
Low °C	14	16	15	11	11	19	19	19	21	9	12	16	11	18	16	14	11	11	10	12	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	13	15	21	20	20	27	7	14	15	13	23	18	15	9	11	11	12	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	0.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	17	-	8	14	11	14	7	6	8	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	15	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 NE	0.4 WSW	1.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 N	0.3 NW
Period (s)	5	6	-	15	6	15	8	13	9	-	10	16	10	9	10	9	16	14	-	7	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 W	0.8 NNW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.8 NE	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	0.5 NW	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.3 WNW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	4	12	16	-	-	-	5	8	5	12	10	9	-	5	10	6	3	-	-	5	7	12

	Thu	Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	17	17	12	12	8	15	14	12	14	15	14	13	13	14	12	8	13	8
Energy(?)	1008	1007	861	796	271	150	1742	1722	1166	1228	1826	1008	1094	1119	1019	1137	1363	720	1018	679	131	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 1.82				8:23AM 2.29							4:22AM 2.43				6:27PM 1.78				5:01AM 2.46		10:29AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			1:49AM 0.25				2:19PM 0.33			11:53PM 0.40				10:37AM 0.86	1:51PM 0.72			10:33PM 0.64	2:18AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	16	-	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	14	13	16	19	17	15	15	13	11	16	12	17	20	20	18	17	18	17	20	23
Chill °C (?)	18	15	12	11	15	19	16	13	15	12	10	16	10	17	20	20	18	17	17	16	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 W	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	6	16	16	8	8	14	12	10	15	14	13	13	8	8	11	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	1.5 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	5	18	18	17	12	6	7	15	15	-	15	14	12	12	9	13	14	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 N	-	1.9 W	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	3	4	5	5	6	6	12	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	3	-	12	8	8	4

	Thursday 08				Friday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	16	13	16	8
Energy(?)	1173	1038	1008	993	332	122	919	948	272	1699	1699	359	1671	385	1277	1643	650	479	2319	378	460	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 1.82										5:17AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)							1:49AM 0.25										11:20AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	18	17	19	16	15	15	15	14	14	16	14	16	15	15	18	18	15	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	16	19	16	14	14	14	12	12	16	12	16	13	13	17	17	13	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	12	-	-	11	-	11	18	-	16	13	17	7	16	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.6 SW	0.3 W	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	13	5	18	18	-	-	13	-	13	12	-	16	18	-	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	-	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	2.1 W	0.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	5	3	3	3	4	-	4	5	6	12	12	-	12	-	12	12	12	11	16	5	7	6

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