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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	Thu		Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fields Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Porridge Southland
Rating	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.3 W	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	10	9	9	10	13	8	13	6	7	9	12
Energy(?)	267	335	131	3085	3025	810	6418	2497	2063	2173	746	464	888	1073	2233	1166	429	487	220	406	807	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 3.57	12:32PM 3.48		12:50AM 3.08		2:41PM 2.26			3:30PM 2.13		5:46AM 2.43	6:09PM 2.33	7:29PM 1.86	6:48AM 2.32			7:53AM 2.22			7:41AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			6:20AM 0.42	6:43PM 0.42		7:45AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.06	9:24AM 0.27		11:32PM 0.35	12:03PM 0.54		1:52AM 0.20		2:32PM 0.31	12:04AM 0.35		3:35PM 0.33	1:19AM 0.41		1:52PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	1	7	5	-	1	-	24	38	25	1	-	-	5	-	4	-	-
High °C	14	12	17	17	14	16	12	10	12	12	15	14	15	15	17	14	14	14	14	13	21	14
Low °C	14	9	15	16	13	15	9	9	11	12	14	14	14	13	14	12	14	14	13	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	16	13	15	10	8	10	9	14	12	14	14	16	12	13	13	12	12	21	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	10	9	12	10	13	8	13	7	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.8 N	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	18	7	16	-	-	-	-	7	8	6	12	8	-	-	-	8	8	14	13	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	-	2.0 W	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.5 NW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	3	3	7	7	9	-	6	-	-	6	7	9	-

	Thursday 06			Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.5 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	6	9	9	20	9	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	269	207	211	251	246	599	1178	519	2787	2807	1237	3025	2852	2387	2767	2604	1229	3316	3232	2497	2221	2067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:07AM 3.52					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17			2:36PM 2.23	4:09PM 2.54			3:20AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)						6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					11:22AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	13	13	12	10	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	15	19	14	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	21	20	13	13	11	9	12	17	15	14	13	13	11	14	14	19	14	9	7	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	5	9	9	9	9	11	12	16	15	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	13	11	20	12	13	16	16	-	15	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06										Friday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 W	0.7 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.4 SSW	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	5	10	10	10	9	6	9	19	19	7	7	7	18	7	18	18	10	18	11	11	11
Energy(?)	326	28	267	235	216	297	275	166	56	71	211	335	335	236	327	212	104	404	214	1178	1178	1178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																4:08AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)						6:28PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	10	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	12	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	23	20	13	14	11	13	12	11	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	11	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.1 N	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	18	10	10	6	7	6	13	7	5	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 NNE	-	0.7 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	5	-	9	19	19	10	18	18	8	10	8	7	10	11	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	0.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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