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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.1 W	0.8 ESE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	11	11	8	10	10	7	8	8	9	10	10	7	10	13	11	12	16	12	11	12
Energy(?)	818	1075	457	256	731	460	227	746	456	45	1656	1488	804	255	246	3292	3646	2231	369	136	1915	762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:47AM 1.80		12:15AM 1.87	8:35AM 2.84		9:13PM 3.20	9:45AM 3.19		2:06AM 2.10		2:46PM 1.89	10:56PM 3.28	11:28AM 3.43		11:56PM 3.45	12:10PM 3.11		12:51AM 3.43	12:35PM 3.30		2:12AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 0.23			3:02PM 0.76	3:30AM 0.64		5:19PM 0.10	7:46PM 0.06	8:58AM 0.09			5:16AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.49		5:59AM 0.03	6:01PM -0.02		6:22AM 0.01	6:52PM 0.03	7:53PM 0.15	8:30AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	16	19	-
High °C	10	15	9	9	15	15	15	16	13	12	14	13	22	18	15	15	13	15	22	14	10	15
Low °C	10	14	9	9	14	13	13	16	11	11	14	10	18	17	11	14	13	10	17	13	10	12
Chill °C (?)	8	15	9	8	14	14	15	15	12	11	13	12	22	18	14	14	11	14	22	13	7	15
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.1 W	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	-	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	10	11	11	8	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	10	9	11	12	7	12	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	10	9	11	13	8	8	18	16	9	15	9	8	12	15	-	-	-	16	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 S	-	0.6 NW	-	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	-	1.5 NE	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	-	4	-	4	13	12	-	7	4	11	-

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thu
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	9	6	9	9
Energy(?)	818	760	715	1102	699	544	353	431	527	205	284	696	325	215	240	245	227	152	221	202	678	1538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:47AM 1.80			8:19PM 3.05								9:13PM 3.20				9:14AM 3.02					10:42PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)							2:37AM 0.75								3:30AM 0.64				3:24PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	2	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	15	13	12	13	9	10	10	10	15	12	11	11	14	13	19	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	15	12	11	12	8	10	10	10	14	11	10	10	13	11	19	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	0.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	8	8	8	13	12	5	10	13	7	6	9	10	8	8	12	9	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	-	-

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	12	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	681	700	818	2375	1524	1524	1390	1111	715	114	189	1001	719	661	699	649	779	544	696	684	277	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:19PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:04AM 0.32	3:02AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-
High °C	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	10	10	11	9	15	14	13	13	13	14	12	14	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	8	9	10	9	14	13	12	12	11	14	11	13	14	9	9
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	12	9	9	10	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.0 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 N	0.9 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	-	9	6	5	10	9	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

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