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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	4.0 S	1.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	19	14	16	17	14	14	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	353	1343	3175	633	2053	888	143	788	911	1053	1310	990	1428	867	692	203	550	8182	583	4441	2188	1974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 1.88	9:14PM 1.78	5:20AM 2.82		7:36PM 1.81	8:03AM 1.81		8:58PM 1.82	9:21AM 1.86		11:23PM 2.31	9:14AM 2.98		9:38PM 2.56	10:01AM 2.74		10:37PM 3.13	4:51AM 1.54		11:56PM 2.01	12:04PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)			3:42AM 0.42	11:42AM 1.16	1:14PM 0.48	1:54AM 0.63		2:35PM 0.47	3:14AM 0.60		1:16PM 0.42			4:53PM 0.26	3:45AM 0.46		4:24PM 0.75		11:12AM 0.12	4:52PM 0.16		5:55AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	16	14	12	18	19	17	24	16	10	12	17	15	15	16	14	15	11	9	11	10	10	13
Low °C	13	13	9	17	17	15	20	16	9	11	16	15	11	16	12	12	11	8	10	9	8	12
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	18	19	17	24	15	8	11	17	15	14	15	14	15	8	6	9	6	7	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	3.0 S	1.5 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	11	14	16	17	14	14	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	-	14	12	-	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	19	18	-	9	-	8	5	6	8	16	12	16	9	11	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	4.0 S	-	3.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	-	13	-	-

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	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	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SE	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	9	18	10	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	13
Energy(?)	547	568	641	532	1804	3175	3326	3156	2712	2259	1092	1287	1024	1856	1018	1008	677	601	114	745	2559	1220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:16AM 2.23			4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83								6:28AM 2.37			1:29PM 1.43	7:00PM 2.48	8:02PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		10:51AM 0.49	3:01PM 0.36			12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	7	-	5	-	-
Temp. °C	13	18	16	18	12	11	10	9	12	17	17	17	17	13	16	16	16	16	24	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	18	16	18	12	11	9	9	12	17	17	17	17	13	15	15	16	16	24	17	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.7 WNW	0.8 SW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SE	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	19	9	6	10	13	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.9 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	15	11	18	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	8	15	8	-	8	8	13	13	5	6	20	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	4	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24																Wednesday 25
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 S	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	19	10	18	18	18	14	14	13	11	13	10	13	9	9	9	9	7	18	16	16
Energy(?)	401	595	353	285	655	707	707	1655	1343	1418	291	768	464	1670	479	553	511	511	359	542	2358	840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:16AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)				10:26AM 1.04		12:01PM 0.41										10:54PM 0.58	11:01PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	13	17	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	14	16	12	17	17	17	17	13	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	15	12	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	12	16	16	17	17	12	17	16	16
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSE	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSE	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	11	9	11	10	7	7	7	14	14	13	11	13	10	13	9	9	9	9	11	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 SE	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	3	16	19	16	11	11	11	18	18	17	16	17	19	16	18	18	18	18	7	18	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	6	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	3	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

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