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

	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Makara Wellington	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	1	1	9	6	4	5	6	7	8	5	4	5	4	3	9	4	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 NW	5.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	4.5 W	0.9 SSW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	8	6	13	13	16	15	15	18	16	16	15	14	13	14	13	16	13	14	15
Energy(?)	121	418	1447	28	136	9884	4603	1789	5292	3021	5298	7446	4384	3066	5799	2237	757	7819	501	4769	3569	8200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:09AM 1.81		9:50PM 2.18	9:13AM 1.80		12:10AM 1.79	11:18AM 2.22		12:59AM 1.82	9:28AM 2.75	2:37PM 1.83	2:59AM 1.77	4:05AM 1.20		9:52PM 1.95		2:40PM 1.84	2:41AM 2.12	11:58AM 1.96		12:56AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	1:38AM 0.45		2:21PM 0.60			3:21PM 0.54		5:05AM 0.51	6:44PM 0.28				8:47PM 0.25	10:14AM 0.12	2:48PM 0.38		8:24AM 0.24		8:24PM 0.29	5:51AM 0.42	5:29PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	4	-	1	3	2	6	18	1	1
High °C	8	15	15	12	15	11	11	15	17	15	14	11	7	8	11	10	12	14	10	15	13	13
Low °C	6	11	13	11	15	11	9	10	16	9	8	11	5	6	10	9	10	13	9	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	6	14	15	11	13	8	9	13	16	14	13	8	5	5	8	8	9	12	8	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	0.5 NE	1.2 NW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	11	10	8	8	19	13	16	15	15	18	-	16	8	10	13	14	14	16	13	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	1.5 WSW	0.3 E	-	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.6 NW	0.8 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	-	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	11	26	6	9	6	-	19	10	-	10	8	-	8	9	18	10	7	8	7	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	1.9 WSW	1.1 N	1.5 NW	5.0 SW	-	0.9 NNE	-	1.0 NE	-	4.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	1.4 NW	4.5 W	-	-	-	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	10	5	6	13	-	4	-	4	-	16	7	15	14	-	6	13	-	-	-	15

	Tue	Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Makara Wellington	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	9	9	9	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SE	1.4 NW	2.1 WNW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	22	22	23	22	22	10	6	8	14	17	17	16	17	16
Energy(?)	991	739	751	804	1236	1408	1447	1024	1860	2319	1066	64	65	82	161	552	11689	10033	9075	9075	6897	1136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:04AM 1.77					11:13PM 1.76								12:10AM 1.79			8:46AM 2.35	10:09AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			1:45AM 0.45								1:23AM 0.89	6:38AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	6	6	10	15	15	11	12	12	11	12	15	18	17	14	9	8	9	9	12	16
Chill °C (?)	6	4	3	3	8	14	14	8	10	10	9	11	14	17	17	14	6	6	7	7	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	0.3 SSW	1.0 N	0.6 SE	0.2 S	2.1 WNW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	23	11	22	8	8	5	10	8	8	18	17	17	16	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 WNW	2.1 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	26	26	26	24	24	6	18	22	5	23	22	12	8	9	21	18	-	17	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 NW	2.0 WSW	-	1.1 NNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	1.4 NW	-	4.0 SW	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	3	10	10	10	9	5	12	-	5	3	3	6	-	14	-	4	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14				Wednesday 15
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Makara Wellington	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	9	9	9	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	6	8	8	24	24	24	9	11	10
Energy(?)	181	915	814	814	948	121	434	469	391	395	485	101	100	124	46	72	568	563	572	1162	561	1911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										4:24AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	8	9	12	12	12	14	15	13	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	8	6	7	10	10	10	13	14	11	6	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	28	28	28	10	9	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	6	9	8	11	10	10	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	-	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	11	8	26	8	8	8	8	8	10	-	12	5	5	24	24	10	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 N	0.4 N	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	-	-	2	2	2	-	3	3	-	8	3	4	5	5	-	-	10

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