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

	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 N	1.1 W	1.6 W	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	10	7	6	10	14
Energy(?)	646	1051	4682	4260	4584	2672	3747	3637	3002	2338	2342	1686	513	830	424	393	339	321	395	233	664	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:50PM 2.11		4:33AM 2.40	4:55PM 2.37	3:45AM 1.93	6:39AM 1.72			4:28AM 1.85	4:55PM 1.79	7:54PM 1.62	8:18AM 1.53	4:10PM 2.63	7:18PM 2.06	7:38AM 1.99			10:27AM 1.47		7:04PM 1.51	11:28AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 0.22		10:37PM 0.46	10:54AM 0.53		9:40PM 0.33	12:54PM 0.41		10:24PM 0.49	10:45AM 0.51		2:17AM 0.58			1:34AM 0.96		2:06PM 0.92	11:22PM 1.40	4:18AM 0.66	1:46PM 0.78	1:17AM 0.83	5:15AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	6	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	2	-
High °C	20	20	15	20	16	14	16	10	10	12	13	15	16	17	15	19	19	16	17	19	16	24
Low °C	19	18	14	15	15	14	16	10	8	10	12	15	14	16	13	18	19	15	15	16	15	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	14	20	15	14	15	8	9	10	12	15	16	17	15	19	19	16	16	19	16	24
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 N	0.6 NNW	1.6 W	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	7	14	13	13	11	10	7	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.0 E	-	0.7 E	-	0.5 E	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NNW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	15	10	-	10	-	9	11	8	7	15	-	10	14	11	10	10	10	10	6	12	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	-

	Friday 06							Saturday 07								Sunday 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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	11	12	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	694	525	1300	2349	1066	1325	2193	3455	5084	5084	5016	3606	3430	1963	3879	3371	3371	1907	3436	1399	4235	3619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)									3:15AM 2.06												3:14PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				10:14AM 0.41				11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31				11:17PM 0.61				10:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3	1	3	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	20	17	16	16	14	14	14	15	20	16	17	15	14	14	16	14	12	17	10
Chill °C (?)	16	16	19	20	17	16	16	14	14	14	15	20	16	17	15	14	14	16	13	11	17	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.6 SW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	0.1 SE	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	15	10	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 N	0.2 E
Period (s)	14	6	14	14	15	-	10	10	-	-	-	9	9	12	-	-	-	11	9	-	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	11	12	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 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	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	665	163	686	740	423	525	771	699	805	783	1424	780	842	295	2857	2857	2657	397	1590	1754	2312	2623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 2.10	3:57AM 2.47													4:15PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	16	16	17	19	19	19	21	22	25	24	17	17	16	16	16	17	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	15	15	16	19	18	19	21	22	25	24	17	16	15	15	16	16	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	11	15	9	10	10	15	11	11	10	10	11	15	15	12	11	11	14	12	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.2 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.9 E	0.8 WNW	0.2 N	0.9 E
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	6	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	15	-	-	-	15	10	10	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	-	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.6 NE	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	11	5	5	-	14	14	10	-	5	10	4	5

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