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

	Sun		Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	9	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	16	15	13	13	12	21	19	18	7	13	14	8	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	10	13
Energy	7248	1459	2104	1186	823	718	3735	1450	1401	1987	8467	5631	925	2990	1596	2162	3116	777	3516	3278	1322	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 1.86	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86			8:50PM 3.01		3:23PM 1.56	10:05PM 1.92			11:22PM 1.99	10:14AM 2.75	2:46PM 2.41			12:19PM 2.01	12:36AM 2.02		3:23PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	4:45PM 0.23		5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22		8:21AM 0.14	2:39PM 0.94	2:59AM 0.93	9:02AM 0.46			7:25AM 0.24	3:57PM 0.84		4:07AM 0.32		8:59PM 0.92	6:09AM 0.26		6:34PM 0.35	9:04AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	16	17	14	14	14	13	12	13	10	10	13	8	10	13	11	15	16	14	15	19
Low °C	11	12	13	17	13	14	14	12	12	10	8	8	12	7	8	11	10	10	16	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	9	13	16	16	13	13	12	12	11	10	6	9	11	6	10	13	11	14	16	13	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	16	15	13	13	7	-	8	13	17	-	14	15	14	13	14	15	15	-	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	-	1.2 S	0.1 N	0.4 SW	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	10	13	12	-	13	18	12	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	-	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	12	21	-	-	7	13	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Sunday 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	20	20	19	19	18
Energy	7248	6040	4814	3898	3062	3175	1244	1075	1299	1035	1097	1213	508	1277	547	724	845	683	1049	1450	1318	1166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:06PM 1.86			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		8:39PM 1.81	11:56PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.61		12:42PM 2.35			10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 0.23											2:14AM 1.03	3:32AM 0.38				3:56PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	15	16	14	13	15	12	13	13	14	15	14	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	12	11	12	12	15	16	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	14	13	11	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	8	12	8	8	7	14	8	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	18	8	18	12	18	22	22	20	20	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	12	-	12	11	6	7	-	4	4

	Sunday 26											Monday 27
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	8	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	12	12	15	14	16	14	16	14	14	12	11	13	13	13
Energy	16189	7248	7248	6670	6123	532	617	1373	605	605	3678	3898	1459	664	1919	1570	1505	570	554	1872	1016	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:09PM 2.85				11:06PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)					4:45PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	12	12	15	14	16	11	16	14	14	12	11	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 N	1.0 SW	0.1 N	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	18	14	4	4	-	-	14	14	15	-	-	14	14	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

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