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

	Sun	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	0.3 S	1.9 W	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.6 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	13	8	24	11	20	8	12	14	14	12	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	1459	1519	1305	453	207	1282	1277	41	756	4263	3844	2201	1384	1756	1933	2665	2290	2228	1674	1295	1025	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49PM 2.08	11:30AM 1.82		2:02AM 1.39	8:26AM 3.06		2:54AM 1.60			1:22AM 1.85	9:47AM 3.16		11:22PM 1.99		2:46PM 2.41	11:57PM 2.00		12:24PM 2.04	2:59AM 2.04		3:42PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22	7:48PM 0.15		2:39PM 0.94	8:44PM 0.38	9:02AM 0.46	2:45PM 0.33	7:06PM 0.23	3:39AM 0.87	3:48PM 0.29		8:04AM 0.26			6:15AM 0.26		8:48PM 0.39	8:15AM 0.60		9:52PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	13	14	15	13	18	12	11	10	12	15	11	16	15	14	17	15	16	18	15
Low °C	12	13	16	13	14	14	11	16	10	9	8	10	14	9	15	12	13	16	14	15	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	12	13	14	12	18	9	8	10	11	14	10	16	14	13	17	15	16	18	14
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	13	9	8	21	9	8	4	14	14	12	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	1.1 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	1.1 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	-	10	12	12	-	20	5	11	11	-	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	1.6 W	-	1.9 W	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	8	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	22	11	20	20	19	19	18	18	18
Energy	3273	3898	3062	3175	1244	1075	1026	1009	1016	1402	508	603	1187	776	692	666	1134	1193	1195	1432	1569	1615
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 1.86			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63	11:56PM 1.86					12:42PM 2.35			10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)											2:14AM 1.03					3:56PM 0.29				5:37AM 0.50	6:45AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	12	13	15	17	14	13	14	12	13	13	14	15	15	13	12	11	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	13	15	17	14	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	12	10	9	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	8	12	8	7	20	8	19	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	13	8	18	18	12	22	22	20	11	19	10	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.5 W	-	0.7 NW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	12	-	11	7	7	-	4	8	4	6

	Sunday 26					Monday 27
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 S	2.2 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	12	16	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	11	13	10	11	13	13	10	13	13	13
Energy	3695	5116	4814	636	1319	1459	1059	2041	1362	2973	1332	1846	554	1670	788	589	1603	1479	631	1830	1305	1195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:10AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	13	14	14	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	13	14	14	11	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	12	13	14	14	14	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 S	2.2 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	12	16	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	11	13	10	11	13	13	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	14	14	-	4	11	-	14	15	14	10	14	13	-	-	13	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	7	4	7	5	5

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