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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	Fri		Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	13	12	14	13	13	7	13	12
Energy(?)	127	3618	3016	926	1316	926	893	1236	1550	1863	1305	947	961	1261	1756	1166	3676	1295	3203	356	848	992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 3.05	12:10PM 3.11	4:35PM 1.93			5:13PM 2.03		5:47AM 2.13	6:09PM 1.97	3:06AM 2.12		3:00PM 3.26	3:35AM 3.10	5:01AM 2.01	5:17PM 2.00		7:21AM 2.23			4:40AM 2.51	5:05PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)			5:59AM 0.03		10:48PM -0.01	8:18AM 0.19		11:29PM 0.02	12:06PM 0.17		8:48PM 0.24	8:48AM 0.86		9:20PM 0.84	11:09AM 0.41		11:41PM 0.29		1:38PM 0.64	10:46PM 0.57	10:49AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	2	5	-	2	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-
High °C	23	13	15	16	17	17	19	16	16	16	15	17	19	18	14	13	12	12	13	15	15	12
Low °C	20	12	14	16	13	16	18	16	13	15	15	17	19	13	14	12	11	11	12	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	23	10	14	15	16	17	19	15	16	16	15	17	19	18	14	11	10	12	11	14	14	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	0.1 SE	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	5	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.7 NW	0.1 SE	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	14	-	-	13	15	13	12	12	12	11	3	8	9	-	5	-	12	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	4	11	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	13	7	6	12

	Friday 05			Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	553	571	616	1567	3415	4339	3016	2369	1902	1476	1112	1295	1195	1160	926	955	1118	1070	1166	1137	920	867
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)										4:18PM 2.05		12:51AM 3.43					2:29PM 2.28				1:01AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)								10:11AM 0.09							8:24AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	16	15	12	11	9	14	16	14	12	14	16	16	16	16	17	20	21	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	26	15	14	11	9	7	12	15	13	10	13	16	15	16	16	17	20	21	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	13	12	9	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	18	16	9	9	12	-	9	9	10	8	17	16	16	-	-	-	-	11	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	-	-	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05										Saturday 06
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 E	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	9	8	11	7	7	7	7	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	436	595	597	153	597	471	1654	1632	1629	1629	755	642	606	658	3227	3155	3043	2977	2977	915	882	947
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									9:34PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	16	16	22	20	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	10	10	9	10	11	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	24	16	15	22	20	13	11	10	10	10	14	15	16	16	7	7	6	7	8	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	10	12	12	9	9	15	16	15	15	15	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	18	5	16	-	9	9	9	9	15	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	8	11	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-

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