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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	Wed		Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2417	2887	2123	1279	1367	1239	1727	1811	1709	444	1344	373	182	447	280	1738	1401	331	253	262	464	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 1.94	12:48PM 1.98		12:23AM 1.95		1:23PM 1.98	1:51AM 1.98		3:21PM 2.21	12:59AM 2.53		1:09PM 2.63	1:29AM 2.53	4:30AM 2.18	6:10PM 1.61			2:29PM 2.49			3:24PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			6:46AM 0.41	6:14PM 0.54		7:22AM 0.44		7:40PM 0.34	8:00AM 0.48			7:09AM 1.07		7:23PM 0.49	10:43AM 0.77		12:27AM 0.48	8:27AM 0.62		10:16PM 0.50	9:15AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	13	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	20	16	16	10	13	11	15	16	10	15	12	11	12	13	9	16	15	16	16	18
Low °C	15	11	17	16	10	10	13	8	13	15	9	13	12	9	11	12	7	15	15	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	20	16	15	8	12	8	14	15	9	14	11	11	11	11	8	15	14	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 N	-	-	0.5 NW	0.2 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	8	9	10	18	10	10	-	9	9	9	14	12	9	9	12	12	15	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 NE	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	4	12	15	-	3	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	3

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River 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	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	15	14	15
Energy(?)	1797	3370	3771	3800	3287	2258	2123	2233	2504	1557	1628	1022	1211	1115	1035	1239	1430	1356	1046	3137	1075	1109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:47PM 1.94				12:48PM 1.98				11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.54				6:46AM 0.41								5:48AM 0.40	8:49AM 0.74			6:15PM 0.39				6:33AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	15	13	14	12	11	17	20	18	19	14	13	14	14	10	10	10	17	15	8	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	15	13	14	11	9	17	20	18	19	13	13	14	14	8	9	8	17	15	6	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	-	14	14	13	13	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.5 N	-	1.2 N	1.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	9	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	17	8	7	8	7	15	10	10	6	7	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	15	-	-

	Wednesday 19										Thursday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River 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	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	753	2417	3835	2701	2925	4431	4065	4065	3771	2225	1506	1492	1414	1639	1570	1260	1180	2608	1996	373	1523	1502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:10PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)					5:40PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	16	15	15	16	16	14	13	13	15	15	16	15	10	11	11	15	14	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	13	13	15	15	16	15	9	10	10	14	12	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	9	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 N	-	1.6 N	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.1 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	13	9	9	9	8	12	10	10	8	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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