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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nugget Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	2	6	4	4	4	7	8	8	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 SW	5.0 SW	0.8 S	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	16	18	14	15	17	18	15	15	14	13	15	14	17	17	15	14	13	13	14	13	15	16
Energy	1003	1457	1042	3522	3732	1320	1036	1333	1155	1559	2309	1712	20521	396	5399	1944	1380	5886	6001	7225	7701	3132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:09PM 2.56	8:17AM 1.91		8:06PM 2.70	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:36AM 2.83	12:19PM 2.56	1:56AM 2.01		3:07PM 2.03	11:30PM 2.17	11:26AM 3.45			4:03AM 1.93	4:20PM 2.18		7:16AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 0.33	1:19AM 0.46		4:51PM 0.55	2:17AM 0.31		2:46PM 0.23		3:20AM 0.16		7:47PM 0.13	8:46AM 0.65			5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61	10:09PM 0.71	10:19AM -0.03		12:00AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	4	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	14	12	13	11	12	12	14	14	14	13	14	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	9	11
Low °C	7	13	12	12	10	11	11	14	14	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	12	11	13	10	11	12	13	14	14	11	13	8	9	9	10	11	8	7	7	7	11
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 S	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	16	18	14	15	17	18	15	15	14	13	15	14	18	17	15	14	13	14	16	-	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 S	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	14	18	-	17	9	9	7	7	18	-	5	-	6	8	9	-	13	13	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	5.0 SW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	17	4	-	-	-	13	14	13	-	-

	Thursday 11							Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	14	18	17	16	14	14	16	15	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy	3095	3193	1003	1466	1457	1063	4019	1042	1042	3486	3522	1216	3732	3299	3133	1320	1093	1168	1036	1165	1333	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:46AM 2.94	9:29AM 2.30							8:17AM 1.91								8:38AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 0.46	4:32AM 0.33				5:32PM 0.94			1:19AM 0.46								2:26AM 0.78				2:46PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	7	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	5	9	11	10	10	12	12	10	11	12	10	12	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	18	17	16	14	14	16	15	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	1.4 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	12	-	18	14	11	10	18	18	-	-	-	17	9	-	9	9	9	9	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	-

	Thursday 11
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	18	15	15	17	15	16	16	16
Energy	3226	3226	3095	3384	3242	3193	1205	1307	1003	1003	1031	1466	1464	1042	1457	1606	1566	1063	1282	3810	4019	3973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							6:34AM 2.56															9:57PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 0.46			4:32AM 0.33											3:53PM 0.61		5:32PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	11	11	12	11	13	14	10	12	11	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	9	9	10	9	11	13	8	10	9	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	18	15	15	17	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	12	18	17	-	-	11	18	18	18	14	18	20	11	20	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

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