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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	5	4	6	4	4	3	4	3	2	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	-	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 ENE	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	14	13	13	14	-	12	13	9	10	12	11	12	12	8	7	10	8	13	13
Energy(?)	165	2117	3025	799	2385	2667	661	0	734	413	1551	1906	2220	1504	774	694	721	544	1171	720	851	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross	glass	on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:31PM 2.05	2:20AM 2.29		4:09PM 2.54		4:46AM 2.55	5:06PM 2.44		7:04AM 2.02	4:30PM 2.02		8:08AM 1.93			6:32AM 1.87	6:52PM 1.86	9:42PM 1.75	7:35AM 1.78		8:02PM 1.82	9:49AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03PM -0.06	8:36AM 0.16		10:34PM 0.27	11:04AM 0.46		11:32PM 0.35			10:12PM 0.46		1:04PM 0.61	12:10AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55		3:59AM 0.28		1:52PM 0.56	2:25AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	2	3	8	10	-	-	-	2	-	4	3	3	6	8
High °C	17	17	14	17	15	9	16	11	14	16	15	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	14	13	11	11
Low °C	15	15	12	15	9	8	12	11	13	15	14	14	14	13	8	13	12	12	14	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	16	14	8	16	8	13	15	14	12	12	14	8	12	10	13	14	13	9	9
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.1 S	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	2.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	1.9 W	1.0 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	16	14	14	16	13	14	13	12	13	9	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	10	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.1 W	-	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.1 N	1.7 NW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	-	9	12	15	12	18	-	8	8	11	9	14	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 NW	-	1.8 NE	3.0 NW	2.5 W	-	-	1.0 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.1 WNW	-	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	3	9	-	7	10	12	-	-	4	8	7	-	8	-	3

	Friday 07					Saturday 08								Sunday 09								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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1162	519	3007	3360	3033	3025	2895	2809	2586	2350	5443	1740	3185	1234	2221	2036	1891	1657	567	1211	1000	1094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64				2:36PM 2.23				3:20AM 2.23				3:30PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					11:22AM 0.13				10:34PM 0.27			9:30AM 0.27	12:24PM 0.20			9:59PM 0.12	11:02PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	17	16	15	14	14	12	13	15	21	14	13	9	8	9	9	11	11	16	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	17	15	14	13	12	10	11	14	21	13	13	8	8	8	7	9	9	16	15	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	12	16	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	1.1 E
Period (s)	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	8	15	-	-	-	-	13	8	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.6 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-

	Friday 07																Saturday 08
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	401	162	165	1304	1617	1645	1645	2343	2117	860	2939	1707	4489	3014	3033	3048	3004	2032	813	2938	2895	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:15PM 2.61	4:31PM 2.05										2:25AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)	7:45AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	13	16	14	13	13	13	16	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	16	13	12	11	11	16	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	13	11	12	12	12	16	16	13	15	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.7 SW	-	1.3 WNW	0.4 SE	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	7	13	16	16	16	16	-	16	-	11	10	15	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	3.0 W	-	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

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