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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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	5	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	11	13	13	14	13	12	14	13	10	12	13	6
Energy(?)	3016	2352	1433	1013	919	1221	1708	1919	1285	877	1134	1301	1872	301	1214	1055	1152	21	111	3506	1559	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 2.27		4:52AM 2.19	5:13PM 2.03	2:12AM 2.21		3:23PM 2.21	2:41AM 3.24		2:45PM 2.86		5:01AM 2.01	3:28PM 2.89			4:06PM 2.74		5:20AM 2.30	5:51PM 2.88		6:21AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)			10:31PM -0.02	11:08AM 0.12		7:53PM 0.15	7:55AM 0.74		8:23PM 0.70	8:48AM 0.86		10:43PM 0.18	11:09AM 0.41		11:35PM 0.29	10:09AM 0.56		10:29PM 0.56	11:28AM 0.65		11:56PM 0.63	12:28PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	5	4	-	2	-
High °C	15	16	17	20	19	17	14	16	14	15	19	18	16	14	12	12	10	15	12	14	14	16
Low °C	14	15	16	19	18	16	14	15	13	14	19	13	15	13	11	11	10	13	10	14	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	20	19	16	12	16	14	15	19	18	16	12	10	11	9	15	9	12	12	16
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE	1.8 W	1.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 NE	0.6 N	2.2 WSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	13	14	13	12	14	4	10	16	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	-	0.2 E	0.6 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	13	15	13	13	12	12	-	4	8	-	16	4	12	7	10	16	15	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.9 SSE	3.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	5	12	-	-

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4922	4361	3016	2222	1796	1544	1293	1316	1192	1047	1066	955	1054	899	1802	1034	828	839	4283	2275	2008	1919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 2.28												2:29PM 2.28				1:01AM 3.10				1:52PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)				10:11AM 0.09		6:59PM 0.10									8:46PM -0.01				7:47AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	2	-
Temp. °C	10	9	14	16	13	14	16	14	16	16	16	20	21	18	17	16	16	16	14	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	7	12	15	12	13	15	13	15	15	15	20	21	18	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	9	9	18	18	-	16	16	16	-	-	13	-	15	14	14	15	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	11	-	-	-

	Saturday 06
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	13	10	10	10	11	13	11	13
Energy(?)	4625	4781	5073	4704	4548	1054	851	5207	965	963	1118	2608	2566	981	541	938	1040	902	1289	1293	1043	1817
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 2.28		3:56AM 2.21										1:37PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34AM 0.15												6:01PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	12	12	11	17	13	17	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	19	18	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	9	11	17	12	17	16	16	14	14	17	17	17	19	18	17	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.9 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	9	10	10	12	10	10	10	12	12	10	13	10	10	10	11	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	9	14	15	-	15	14	14	-	-	14	12	14	14	14	18	18	15	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	13	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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