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

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	2	2	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	14	13	12	14	6	13	12	6
Energy(?)	3575	3016	926	1316	1013	919	1221	1708	1919	1329	877	1134	789	1872	301	1815	1884	1152	66	135	3506	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:48PM 3.05	4:13AM 2.09	1:32PM 2.27	2:10AM 2.26	4:52AM 2.19	5:13PM 2.03		5:47AM 2.13	2:07PM 3.38	2:41AM 3.24		3:00PM 3.26		5:01AM 2.01	5:17PM 2.00		5:53AM 1.86	4:25PM 2.73		4:40AM 2.51	5:44PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		10:30AM 0.08		7:52PM -0.06	11:08AM 0.12		11:29PM 0.02	12:06PM 0.17		8:23PM 0.70	8:48AM 0.86		10:43PM 0.18	11:09AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46	12:02PM 0.48		10:29PM 0.56	10:49AM 0.69		12:09AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	2	3	-	1	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	18	18	19	16	16	16	15	18	19	14	15	13	12	13	12	14	13	13	13
Low °C	12	14	16	13	16	18	16	15	15	15	17	19	13	15	12	9	12	11	13	11	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	18	18	19	15	16	16	15	18	19	14	15	12	10	12	11	14	11	10	12
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	-	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 N	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	14	-	12	14	6	6	16	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	13	15	13	13	12	12	-	9	8	-	-	-	12	8	13	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 W	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	2	12	-

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	616	1417	4922	4361	3016	2222	1796	1398	1293	1277	1192	1047	1013	955	1054	1181	1802	1034	828	839	4283	2275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 2.28					4:18PM 2.05		12:51AM 3.43					2:29PM 2.28				1:01AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)						10:11AM 0.09							8:24AM 0.19				8:46PM -0.01				7:47AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	1
Temp. °C	15	12	9	9	14	16	14	13	16	16	16	15	16	18	22	21	17	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	11	7	7	12	15	13	11	15	15	15	14	15	18	22	21	17	16	16	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.6 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	6	12	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	16	11	12	12	-	9	9	10	18	17	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	2.3 W	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	11	-

	Friday 05				Saturday 06
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	559	1119	4181	4404	3636	3575	4077	4527	706	777	809	783	2767	5207	3828	3905	605	982	975	1033	1237	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)												6:09AM 0.57	7:32AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	16	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	16	11	13	14	14	15	17	19	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	16	9	12	13	13	15	17	19	19	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:54	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	8	14	14	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	-	12	12	12	13	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	17	9	-	-	9	-	-	9	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	12	14	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

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