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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	9	7	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	6.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	13	15	16	15	13	13	12	11	19	20	17	14	13	14	14	12	13	14	15	14	14	14
Energy	8018	7248	1459	1519	1096	823	438	1088	1199	816	1466	12954	4852	6621	2776	1174	2056	3334	3333	2801	1751	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:32PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.89		11:56PM 1.86		12:18PM 1.85	12:41AM 1.86			9:30PM 3.09	3:45AM 1.56	4:13PM 1.57	9:34PM 2.92			10:33PM 2.76	10:50AM 2.74	3:24PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 0.20	2:41AM 0.45				6:02AM 0.24		6:23PM 0.22	9:09AM 0.17	3:19PM 0.88		9:53AM 0.53			8:04AM 0.26	4:32PM 0.83		4:43AM 0.31		9:09PM 0.35	9:04AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	16	18	14	14	14	12	15	11	10	9	11	8	12	13	11	10	15	13	12
Low °C	12	11	12	13	17	13	13	13	10	14	10	8	9	9	7	8	12	8	8	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	13	16	18	13	13	12	10	14	7	6	7	9	7	12	13	11	9	14	12	11
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	16	15	13	13	12	21	7	11	12	-	13	14	14	12	13	14	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.2 S	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	10	13	8	15	19	20	17	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	1.3 WNW	6.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26							Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	9	9	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	22	20
Energy	4384	3705	10102	8146	3184	6040	5046	4105	3062	3093	1244	1075	1026	1025	1016	1200	508	603	556	699	689	884
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:51AM 1.84					11:06PM 1.86			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63	11:56PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.61		12:18PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 0.52	4:38AM 0.25				4:45PM 0.23											2:14AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	4	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	15	16	13	13	15	12	13	13	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	13	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	15	16	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	8	22	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	13	8	18	18	18	22	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	4	4

	Sunday 26
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	5	5	9	9	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	4.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	15	14	14
Energy	4056	609	4384	5051	1014	4167	4690	5091	5735	446	503	503	352	495	457	6670	689	770	773	2460	5046	2927
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)													12:42PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)					4:44AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	15	12	13	17	17	17	11	13	14	14	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	10	11	12	10	10	9	10	14	12	13	16	16	16	9	13	12	13	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	4.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	9	12	12	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	9	20	-	17	18	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	0.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.5 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	3	12	12	3	12	13	13	13	5	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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