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

	Fri		Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	0	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	0.7 W	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	12	12	10	11	13	10	13	12	11	12	20	16	16	14	10	13	12	15	15
Energy(?)	1256	1579	385	1701	332	71	759	3216	419	3155	2386	859	2034	533	1735	1361	1085	518	1101	501	256	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 1.92			12:20AM 2.38	12:40PM 2.40		2:26AM 2.05		3:12PM 2.45	3:41AM 2.46	12:54PM 2.20		12:36AM 2.04	12:17PM 3.38		7:11PM 1.41			2:39AM 2.14		5:53PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	6:47PM 0.83		6:53AM 0.29	3:22PM 0.45		6:39AM 0.41		8:05PM 0.08	9:06AM 0.70		9:28PM 0.58	6:46AM 0.18	6:26PM 0.23		6:09AM 0.56	1:07PM 0.11	1:24AM 0.11	7:20AM 0.24		8:32PM 0.09	8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	15	16	14	22	11	9	15	12	10	10	14	15	19	20	17	19	21	19	20	21
Low °C	16	9	10	15	11	18	11	8	11	12	9	9	13	13	15	19	15	17	21	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	17	10	15	15	14	22	8	6	15	9	8	10	13	15	19	20	17	19	21	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	3.0 S	1.5 WSW	0.1 E	-	1.9 S	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	11	12	10	-	13	10	9	-	11	12	11	16	16	14	10	9	10	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.4 NE	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.7 W	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	-	9	13	4	4	-	10	10	-	-	11	10	20	9	8	9	14	13	12	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	1.8 SSW	-	0.4 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.8 NW	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	4	11	-	3	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	5

	Friday 27			Saturday 28								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	9	8	13	13	13
Energy(?)	722	1643	1476	1369	1384	1226	1207	1326	1952	2121	2132	2471	575	1077	217	97	142	2159	1124	1554	1139	5746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:31PM 2.31			11:07PM 1.96								12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)						5:44AM 0.54					7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48		10:22AM 0.13		4:59PM 0.37	9:51PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	10	15	10	9	11	15	17	16	13	12	13	12	14	22	22	16	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	15	8	7	9	14	17	15	12	10	12	11	14	22	22	16	7	7	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	10	13	10	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	12	11	5	10	14	10	15	12	11	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.3 S	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	6	12	-	4	3	9	8	-	-	13

	Friday 27										Saturday 28
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 WSW	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	14	5	13	13	14
Energy(?)	630	1926	1925	1256	2529	2606	2606	1476	534	527	526	514	2079	2002	724	122	104	1658	27	362	352	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					5:08PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	17	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	8	14	14	13	15	15	14	11	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	17	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	7	14	14	12	14	14	13	11	8	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 WSW	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	14	5	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	-	-	-	8	7	7	9	-	12	12	12	8	8	12	6	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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