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 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	9	10	11	12	12	6	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	16	13	8	13
Energy(?)	1004	343	238	944	828	794	354	830	26	1163	1178	1062	914	1008	992	1400	1541	819	943	734	227	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:17AM 2.05	12:28PM 2.14	2:57PM 1.91	3:21AM 1.97			11:55PM 3.19	12:25PM 3.47		12:49AM 3.39		2:31PM 2.29	2:52AM 2.21	4:14AM 2.51	5:58PM 2.00			5:36PM 2.43		4:27AM 2.05	5:05PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			6:24AM 0.26		9:06PM 0.09	9:28AM 0.14	5:56PM -0.04		6:17AM 0.50	6:38PM 0.43		8:21AM 0.05		8:46PM 0.07	10:37AM 0.31		12:18AM 0.21	8:21AM 0.68		12:55AM 0.34	10:48AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	13	11	14	13	11	14	15	10	17	15	13	14	16	12	16	16	17	19	17
Low °C	14	15	15	12	7	10	12	10	14	14	10	13	14	12	13	14	12	13	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	11	11	14	12	10	14	15	8	17	14	13	14	16	11	16	16	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	9	10	11	12	12	6	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	16	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	-	0.6 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	18	18	10	10	8	10	-	9	-	13	12	-	-	10	18	16	10	13	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 N	1.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	904	762	714	752	676	540	303	262	432	623	528	828	848	734	663	707	592	320	970	588	1289	1362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:42AM 1.92			10:55AM 3.10				12:54AM 2.14					3:37PM 1.98				1:32AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)										5:24PM 0.56					8:24AM 0.29			6:00PM 0.46	8:48PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	16	14	17	15	16	18	15	16	16	9	8	7	9	14	13	18	11	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	19	18	16	12	17	13	16	18	14	16	16	8	7	6	8	14	12	18	10	7	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	7	7	12	13	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	9	9	13	13	18	17	17	17	16	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17										Wednesday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	2.4 W	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	7	13	7	7
Energy(?)	998	998	904	933	930	950	387	542	292	292	243	559	516	459	439	606	552	156	538	371	451	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)										10:59PM 3.13		12:17AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:44AM 0.36	8:31AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	18	18	16	15	17	15	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	17	17	14	13	17	14	14	11	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	7	7	10	-	13	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	14	18	19	19	19	7	7	9	9	13	13	12	-	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 NE	0.9 WNW	-	2.4 W	1.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	7	4	-	7	5	7	7

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