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 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	11	19	20	17	13	14	16	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	16
Energy	1282	1374	634	1655	6499	4301	894	1570	2084	2345	3456	1559	2495	1511	1157	996	861	658	579	666	275	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:08PM 1.93			1:05AM 2.10		12:23PM 2.42	2:01AM 1.83	10:03AM 2.94		10:35PM 3.02		3:01PM 1.86		3:18AM 1.77	2:18PM 2.36	2:30AM 2.29	3:58AM 1.73	4:23PM 1.79	12:20AM 3.06	7:49AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			6:27AM 0.28	4:43PM 0.27	6:48PM 0.27	6:19AM 0.50		7:47PM 0.26	3:56AM 0.34	4:27PM 0.51		8:43AM 0.29		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33		8:35PM 0.71	10:06AM 0.39		6:16PM 0.97		1:50PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	12	10	10	14	15	10	12	12	14	16	14	14	16	14	12	14	14	11	18
Low °C	13	12	14	10	8	9	14	14	8	11	10	13	15	12	12	16	11	10	14	13	10	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	15	9	7	8	13	15	10	12	11	14	16	14	14	16	13	12	14	13	10	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	0.1 SE	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	21	7	11	12	11	14	10	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	20	17	-	-	16	5	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	-	-	1.5 W	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	11	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	22	11	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	13	18	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	797	1230	1289	1374	1269	1113	1772	1619	736	950	649	6499	6933	6216	5396	3761	3406	3513	3152	1114	1173	1210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10								1:22AM 1.85				12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15		4:35AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			6:06PM 0.26			5:37AM 0.50			3:00PM 0.34	3:14PM 0.55					7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	11	11	13	15	18	15	14	14	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	14	8	7
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	10	9	11	14	17	15	13	13	7	7	5	6	8	8	9	7	14	6	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	7	7	7	19	8	12	12	11	18	13	11	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	22	20	20	13	10	10	18	18	19	16	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	11	8	-	-	3	9	4	-	13	6	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 28											Wednesday 29
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.0 W	0.7 SSW	1.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	22	11	20	11	11	20	12	12	12	20	19	19	19	13	18	18	18	11	5	8
Energy	816	1306	689	1323	833	1427	1417	1110	489	458	559	1370	1339	1383	1500	1892	1113	1558	1547	426	155	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:31PM 2.75				12:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)						5:14PM 0.47													6:45AM 0.23			9:02AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	16	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	11	21	20	20	20	7	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	13	8	10	10	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	22	21	22	-	7	15	15	20	22	22	22	20	19	19	19	18	10	18	18	20	20	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	0.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	11	4	11	4	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	5	6

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