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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	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	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.1 SW	2.5 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	508	930	1423	793	215	1204	1064	374	1719	632	864	859	833	240	325	820	598	200	392	239	264	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			1:54PM 2.97	3:52AM 2.07		4:08PM 2.05		5:54AM 2.30	6:20PM 2.26	7:42PM 1.70	8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56	5:08PM 1.73		6:47AM 1.61		9:14PM 2.04	9:38AM 2.00		10:15PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 0.29	7:45AM 0.12		9:43PM 0.13	10:01AM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30	12:17PM 0.62		2:01AM 0.42		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53			12:38AM 0.72		2:56PM 0.91	3:22AM 0.99		3:59PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	19	19	14	15	13	14	17	15	18	17	11	12	18	11	20	22	18	14	19	16
Low °C	11	14	18	12	14	15	12	13	15	13	17	17	9	11	18	10	12	21	17	13	18	16
Chill °C (?)	13	17	19	19	13	13	11	13	16	15	18	16	10	11	18	9	20	22	18	13	19	16
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 E	1.9 W	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	12	13	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	20	10	10	5	15	14	12	-	14	14	6	7	-	12	6	6	10	5	9	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 WNW	-	2.2 W	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-

	Wed	Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	512	575	508	710	961	1364	1423	1543	1412	793	761	729	723	704	535	2974	2406	1064	1063	1063	1137	2348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:12PM 1.57		1:37AM 2.89					4:49PM 2.45				6:32AM 1.88			2:51PM 2.10	4:03PM 2.02				5:54AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)					9:20AM 0.18					12:22AM 0.18				12:47PM 0.27				11:57PM 0.51				12:17PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	15	14	11	13	17	18	20	18	19	13	12	12	13	15	14	12	13	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	10	13	17	18	20	18	19	12	10	10	12	14	13	10	11	10	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	18	17	19	10	10	10	-	-	5	6	6	7	7	15	12	12	12	13	13	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04				Thursday 05
	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	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	624	527	615	511	510	508	547	599	599	552	668	639	750	819	210	514	509	609	609	662	777	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:47AM 1.98											4:49PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	16	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	16	16	18	17	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	13	12	12	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	13	16	16	18	17	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	7	18	18	20	20	20	10	19	19	10	10	10	10	10	18	9	10	10	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-

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