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

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 N	3.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	14	14	14	15	15	8	10	9	14	13	13	11	11	11
Energy	1537	2444	1511	1216	1051	953	790	758	1135	700	1099	1310	1441	690	2286	763	625	589	604	996	1524	2031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 2.04	1:55AM 2.35		2:18PM 2.36	2:30AM 2.29		1:40PM 1.96	1:49AM 1.93		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67		4:56AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			7:58PM 0.65	8:15AM 0.60		8:35PM 0.71	7:29AM 0.34		7:48PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62		10:54PM 0.76	11:23AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	29	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	17	16	13	15	14	12	14	14	13	14	13	12	14	15	18	15	13	13	15	12	14
Low °C	12	17	12	12	15	11	11	14	12	11	13	9	11	13	14	15	14	11	12	14	11	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	12	15	14	11	14	13	13	14	12	11	12	15	18	15	12	13	15	12	14
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	14	14	14	15	15	16	10	9	14	13	13	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	16	-	-	-	-	10	12	14	14	20	18	6	17	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.6 NE	2.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

	Saturday 02					Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	14	14
Energy	2831	2598	1354	1193	1021	1511	1488	1275	1216	1068	1051	1090	1072	953	966	808	790	653	758	860	1622	1433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 2.41				12:36AM 2.02				1:01PM 2.01				1:12AM 1.98				1:40PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	6:15AM 0.26				7:58PM 0.65				6:51AM 0.29				7:10PM 0.42				7:29AM 0.34				7:48PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	17	17	16	14	12	12	12	13	15	15	14	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	11	14	17	17	16	13	11	11	11	12	15	15	14	11	10	10	10	11	14	13	12	10
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	0.1 S	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.8 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	3155	3078	1537	1537	1386	2598	2460	2573	2444	2233	3372	3307	3147	3147	1793	1649	1649	1511	1488	1488	1488	1338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:24PM 2.04												12:36AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	6:15AM 0.26												6:34PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	13	14	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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