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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	2	3	4	8	4	9	5	3	9	4	4	5	3	1	2	4	3	8	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WNW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	14	13	13	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	12	12	7	7	12	13	13
Energy(?)	362	478	488	241	192	1158	1929	10918	5706	210	4076	2535	466	1726	3787	81	195	202	738	2567	7865	2579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 2.82	9:40AM 1.76		10:07PM 1.76	10:26AM 1.79		10:54PM 1.80			12:55AM 2.24		1:12PM 2.21	11:16PM 1.99	12:27PM 1.93		12:57AM 1.95		3:47PM 1.73		4:12AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:07PM 0.76	2:00AM 1.31		2:02PM 0.81		4:19AM 0.57	4:43PM 0.50		8:11AM 0.42	6:49PM 0.74		7:13AM 0.81			6:26AM 0.52	6:46PM 0.38		7:05AM 0.50		9:51PM 0.35	10:21AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	5	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	18	14	12	13	13	10	15	14	13	18	20	17	22	10	9	16	14	11	17
Low °C	18	17	16	12	13	9	13	13	9	12	12	11	17	20	15	21	9	7	16	14	9	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	18	13	11	12	11	9	14	12	12	18	20	16	22	7	6	15	12	9	17
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 NE	2.3 WSW	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	14	13	13	10	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	8	11	6	12	11	-	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	1.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	16	14	13	-	18	8	-	16	9	9	11	8	10	11	12	7	7	-	7	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	2.0 W	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	0.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WNW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	7	-	-	16	-	3	8	-	-	12	11	-	4	7	7	12	13	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	5	7	8	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.6 WSW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	12	14	13	13	7	13	13	12	12	11	18	17	16	16	17	16	16
Energy(?)	555	615	270	455	246	735	1156	849	623	317	241	1114	998	314	2988	1158	3074	6210	7881	2410	2464	2375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 2.74				9:16PM 1.74					11:01AM 2.15			9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76					1:06PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	2:37AM 0.53				1:06PM 0.82				3:30AM 0.56	6:40AM 0.39				5:18PM 0.78				4:19AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	10	14	15	18	18	17	17	15	15	16	18	12	12	14	13	10	9	9	10	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	13	15	18	18	17	17	14	14	15	18	10	10	13	13	8	7	7	8	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 W	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	1.1 W	2.5 WNW	1.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	12	14	13	13	7	13	4	8	6	11	10	17	16	16	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	2.3 N	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	14	14	16	14	15	14	-	-	14	13	7	13	12	10	18	9	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	7	4	13	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Sunday 14
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	5	7	8	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	11	11	10	14	11	11	12	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	432	699	404	470	369	398	391	391	366	46	234	231	223	219	237	511	668	735	735	616	622	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	12	10	12	10	11	12	13	16	16	18	18	18	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	14	12	8	12	8	10	12	13	15	16	18	18	18	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	11	11	10	14	11	11	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.7 W	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	14	6	14	18	18	18	-	6	16	16	16	16	11	16	15	15	15	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

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