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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	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	2887	1292	1279	1573	1239	1727	1062	1709	444	1344	373	182	1958	251	1738	1401	1065	253	262	464	850	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.98	12:04PM 1.96		1:14AM 1.99		1:23PM 1.98	3:10AM 2.28			1:00AM 3.08		1:09PM 2.63		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61			3:55PM 1.76	3:07AM 2.83		3:15PM 2.42	3:44AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 0.54	6:14PM 0.54	7:04PM 0.32	7:22AM 0.44		9:05PM 0.66	8:00AM 0.48	6:47PM 0.43		7:01AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48	8:22AM 0.62		8:52PM 1.15	9:15AM 1.17		9:36PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	20	16	19	10	15	15	14	16	11	14	13	11	10	13	8	12	14	16	17	19	15
Low °C	11	18	16	12	10	14	14	13	15	9	14	11	8	10	12	5	10	14	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	20	16	19	8	14	14	13	15	10	13	12	8	8	11	8	11	13	16	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.5 NW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	1.0 ENE	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	8	9	10	18	7	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	15	8	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 SW	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	1.8 ENE	0.7 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	12	-	-	3	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	4

	Wed	Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3771	3800	3287	2258	2123	2233	1443	2480	1628	1022	1211	1115	1239	1239	1430	1451	1356	3137	1075	1109	1348	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 1.94				12:48PM 1.98	2:10PM 2.29			11:48PM 3.14						4:07PM 1.73						12:32PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)				6:46AM 0.41								5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41							6:33AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	11	17	20	19	19	15	13	14	14	10	10	11	13	14	8	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	9	17	20	19	19	14	13	14	14	8	8	9	12	14	6	13	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	1.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	9	8	-	-	-	18	-	8	7	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4065	3782	4001	3445	3134	2887	1768	2653	2413	1695	1922	2074	1175	1188	1197	1295	2234	466	1312	1281	1597	1457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:37AM 1.98	1:55AM 2.33										11:22AM 2.67	12:43PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)											5:12AM 0.40				9:17AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	15	15	15	14	15	17	19	21	17	19	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	12	11	11	10	10	14	14	14	12	15	17	19	21	16	19	16	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 N	1.3 N	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	4	-	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	-	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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