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

	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	3	9	5	6	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	9	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.2 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	13	11	14	16	17	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	16	17	17	14	10	11	16	14
Energy	1190	1978	608	11164	3899	5277	2009	1397	1009	3345	3633	5724	6794	9945	7262	6597	3942	1504	1713	1759	1182	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 2.91		1:57AM 1.90			11:30PM 2.17	11:26AM 3.45		11:43PM 3.38		12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24		5:32PM 2.01	6:46PM 1.89	7:14AM 1.75		8:31PM 1.74	5:19AM 2.39	5:51PM 2.33		6:18AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.22	8:25PM 0.08	8:07AM 0.01	4:44PM 0.11		5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61		6:37AM 0.21		7:48PM 0.19	8:17AM -0.02		12:53AM 0.13		2:13PM -0.02	2:55AM 0.01	11:43AM 0.34		10:33PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	6	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	13	10	13	11	10	11	11	11	12	7	9	10	9	9	12	11	13	13	11	12
Low °C	13	11	11	9	12	9	8	10	9	10	9	4	8	9	8	8	11	11	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	9	11	7	12	10	10	11	9	10	11	4	6	7	8	6	12	10	11	12	10	11
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:32
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	-	0.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	11	14	16	17	14	14	13	-	21	11	12	12	13	16	17	17	14	10	11	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 S	0.4 NE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	15	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	11	20	13	15	-	-	-	18	5	13	13	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 N	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	12	12	13	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	9	1	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	0.5 S	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W
Period(s)	13	12	13	13	11	15	14	14	14	17	16	11	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1173	2674	1190	1168	1978	1421	1736	608	501	3497	11164	84	3899	6665	5472	5277	4341	3540	2009	1762	1397	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:28AM 2.91					2:12AM 1.89							11:30PM 2.17				11:26AM 3.45
Low Tide / height (m)		4:44AM 0.10					7:47PM 0.13				8:07AM 0.01	10:19AM 0.00		5:18PM 0.28				5:43AM 0.21				5:36PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	14	13	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	18	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	14	13	9	11	8	9	8	7	7	18	12	12	10	9	7	7	6	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	0.5 S	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	11	15	14	14	14	17	16	11	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 SE	-	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	16	18	18	15	4	5	5	5	-	-	13	-	8	8	9	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	-	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	9	1	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	17	16	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	14	15	15	14	14	15
Energy	1184	1246	1173	1144	1075	2674	1411	1284	1190	1189	1177	1168	1162	1130	1978	1080	7297	1421	1647	1624	1736	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)																3:40PM 0.15				7:47PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	11	14	13	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	9	14	12	11	10	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	15	15	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	6	18	17	13	16	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	17	12	4	4	4	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	4.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	14	4	4	5	5	4

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