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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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	12	12	14	13	13	14	12	6	12
Energy(?)	2868	926	1433	1031	919	804	1842	1840	1386	1075	1166	452	1020	133	2025	1129	1212	1284	483	409	116	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 2.05			1:13PM 3.46	1:47AM 3.36		2:07PM 3.38	2:23AM 2.78	4:04AM 2.12	4:19PM 2.11		4:55AM 1.97	3:28PM 2.89	3:41AM 2.64		4:52PM 2.98		5:12AM 2.36			6:21AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.74		10:31PM -0.02	8:24AM 0.19		7:28PM 0.58	7:40AM 0.16		8:12PM 0.12	10:12AM 0.32		10:43PM 0.18	11:03AM 0.40		9:32PM 0.43	9:51AM 0.55		11:12PM 1.12	11:20AM 0.66	1:03PM 0.53	12:09AM 1.22	12:33PM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	21	19	17	14	16	15	17	20	14	17	16	12	11	13	13	16	13	12	15
Low °C	14	16	16	20	18	15	13	15	14	17	19	11	16	15	10	11	12	11	15	12	10	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	21	19	16	14	16	15	17	20	14	17	15	9	10	12	11	14	12	10	15
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	-	1.5 SW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	14	12	-	14	13	13	14	-	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	14	15	-	13	15	13	12	12	12	-	9	9	-	-	16	5	15	16	-	14	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	1.1 W	1.2 SW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	13	-	6	12	-	-

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	4216	2222	1690	1935	1293	1295	1318	1047	1066	980	1118	1200	1800	1034	828	744	2471	2308	1871	2446	1496	1309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						12:51AM 3.43					2:29PM 2.28				1:01AM 3.10				1:52PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)		10:11AM 0.09											8:46PM -0.01				7:55AM 0.74				8:23PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	21	22	20	17	16	16	17	14	16	14	18	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	14	15	16	16	16	15	21	22	20	16	15	16	17	14	16	14	18	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.8 SW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	11	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	18	17	16	16	16	-	-	-	12	15	14	14	15	15	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Saturday 06																Sunday 07
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5040	3221	2868	3976	922	919	1072	864	1083	2160	2160	1935	451	846	1028	1028	1296	1295	1416	138	1192	1174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:20PM 3.47												12:51AM 3.43		2:10AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)													7:52PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	13	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	14	14	17	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	16
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	13	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	12	15	14	14	17	17	15	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa
Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu

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