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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	God Squad Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	677	586	2887	2123	1270	1326	1235	914	1062	1348	435	1281	151	1981	3947	933	1550	1505	336	521	667	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:55AM 3.10	5:21PM 1.27	12:37AM 1.98	5:43AM 1.37	6:06PM 1.27	12:23AM 1.95			12:58AM 1.95		2:00PM 1.95	2:30AM 1.94		3:58PM 2.15	3:10AM 1.88		1:48PM 2.57	2:10AM 2.45	5:12AM 2.13	5:24PM 2.05		7:24AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				12:03PM 0.28			7:22AM 0.44	6:13PM 1.01		8:00AM 0.48		8:18PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53		8:57PM 0.42	7:47AM 1.10		8:03PM 0.55	11:27AM 0.77		1:15AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	-	-	-	20	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	13	19	16	17	10	17	15	15	14	11	13	14	10	10	14	9	19	18	9	16
Low °C	20	16	11	17	16	10	10	17	14	15	14	9	12	13	8	10	12	8	16	17	8	16
Chill °C (?)	20	16	12	19	16	17	8	17	14	15	12	10	12	12	7	8	12	7	19	17	7	16
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 N	0.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	8	16	10	7	7	6	-	9	9	15	9	9	9	9	9	12	4	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	2.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	15
Energy(?)	1286	1480	1613	2053	1773	3370	3771	1506	3258	2258	2123	2187	2504	1557	2362	1026	1224	1242	1283	1233	1533	1589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:59AM 1.35						11:12PM 3.12				12:48PM 1.98				11:48PM 3.14						4:07PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17AM 0.28		5:40PM 0.54				6:46AM 0.41					7:04PM 0.32			5:48AM 0.40	8:49AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	2	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	2	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	20	19	15	13	15	14	11	17	19	18	19	17	13	15	14	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	20	19	15	12	15	14	10	17	19	18	19	17	13	15	14	8	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	9	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	9	10	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	1.5 N	-	1.2 NNW	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	9	-	-	12	9	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	17	-	8	8	7	15	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-

	Wednesday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.3 W	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 N	2.1 W	2.1 NNW	2.0 N	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	9	9	10	11	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	14	9	9	9	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1563	585	404	537	1466	1213	1111	835	1164	2044	2384	2953	3092	1946	3835	541	536	473	2525	2534	1662	1662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:59AM 1.35								12:13PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:51PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	10	17	17	14	12	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	18	8	17	17	14	11	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	15	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.3 W	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 N	2.1 W	2.1 NNW	2.0 N	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	9	10	11	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	14	9	9	9	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	9	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	10	10	4	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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