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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	10	12	13	12	11	14	11	11	8	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	14	12
Energy(?)	816	237	2012	578	3650	1950	592	764	563	184	2821	2353	2275	2972	1449	831	1429	1258	691	1401	1224	490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.87	2:16AM 2.41		4:26PM 1.61		12:22PM 2.18		12:58AM 2.17		4:20PM 2.50			1:56PM 2.26	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15	8:34AM 1.64	3:27PM 2.17		5:12AM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 0.75	8:33AM 0.81		10:56PM 0.07	6:15AM 0.27	6:42PM 0.02		7:04AM 0.19		10:36PM 0.53	7:49AM 0.14		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		9:02PM 0.02			11:12PM 0.35	11:32AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	29	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2
High °C	15	18	12	15	18	14	19	17	17	22	15	17	16	17	15	16	14	13	17	18	18	17
Low °C	12	18	8	12	17	11	17	16	15	20	15	13	15	17	12	14	14	11	13	18	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	18	10	15	18	12	19	17	16	22	13	16	15	17	15	16	13	13	17	18	18	17
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.6 NNE	0.3 N	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.9 SSW	-	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	6	9	13	14	-	14	11	11	8	8	9	12	12	12	11	-	11	13	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 NNW	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	12	-	10	-	-	8	9	-	15	8	7	-	-	20	18	16	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 N	0.3 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	12	11	3	-	3	3	9	10	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	14	-

	Friday 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1098	1162	1179	1427	1086	1003	2060	1932	3178	3560	3794	3953	3511	3198	1574	1242	1027	971	597	698	591	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:41PM 2.33							11:29AM 2.07	2:39PM 2.40			12:09AM 2.10				12:27PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	7:42AM 0.20				9:32PM 0.29			5:22AM 0.37								6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01	8:09PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	16	16	15	16	15	8	8	14	18	17	17	14	12	12	11	15	15	20	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	10	15	16	14	16	15	6	6	14	18	17	16	13	11	11	9	14	15	20	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	9	13	13	9	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	4	4	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Friday 30	Saturday 31
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 ENE	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	13	6	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1236	1564	816	816	189	202	1690	366	448	494	1095	1427	438	691	1688	1560	1560	1440	875	1415	1390	1412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	11:18PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	7:42AM 0.20									4:53PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	13	18	18	16	16	17	17	15	15	15	13	12	12	11	10	14	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	12	18	18	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	11	9	10	9	8	13	7	7	7
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	13	13	6	10	11	11	-	-	9	9	12	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	10	11	12	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	2.3 WSW	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	-	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	4	11	11	11

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