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 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.0 SW	0.5 NE	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	11	12	12	12	14	11	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	5
Energy(?)	1429	798	736	1684	2808	335	707	460	64	1307	1129	763	1577	636	497	385	98	126	396	558	277	166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 2.40	6:53PM 1.81	9:30PM 1.46	7:18AM 1.76			8:07AM 1.65		8:36PM 1.62	5:59AM 1.73	6:29PM 1.67	8:11PM 2.09	8:34AM 2.03		7:28PM 1.56	7:53AM 1.57		7:12PM 2.57	12:07PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 0.35	11:32AM 0.49		3:44AM 0.17		1:35PM 0.37	10:10PM 0.52		2:27PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.53	12:19PM 0.63		2:23AM 0.93		1:13PM 0.71	1:44AM 0.80			1:25AM 1.47	5:49AM 0.61	6:38PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	13	15	14	14	18	15	13	15	11	12	12	13	22	21	16	20	17	13	23	22
Low °C	19	12	12	14	11	13	17	10	12	14	10	12	12	12	18	20	15	19	15	13	18	21
Chill °C (?)	19	19	12	13	12	13	18	14	11	14	9	12	10	11	22	21	16	20	17	12	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:16	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.0 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	-	12	12	12	14	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	5	7	-	-	-	13	6	5	15	10	6	9	13	5	6	7	12	8	8	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.9 NW	-	0.6 W	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	5	11	12	-	-	7	13	13	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	3	3	-	-	5

	Thursday 05			Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 W	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.4 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	10	13	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1429	1543	1312	798	316	747	736	1318	1053	1215	1397	2808	1765	1765	1944	3665	4609	4416	631	632	2004	2503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 2.45				6:32AM 1.88				6:53PM 1.81				5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				12:22AM 0.18	2:51AM 0.11							10:24PM 0.28				10:37AM 0.38			9:35PM 0.98		2:01AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	20	18	19	19	12	12	17	14	14	12	12	12	13	15	14	15	14	16	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	19	20	17	19	19	11	11	17	13	13	11	10	10	11	14	13	14	13	16	15	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	1.0 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 W	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.3 ENE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	6	13	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	-	-	5	10	7	7	16	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	2.4 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	11	12	12	-	-	13	13

	Thursday 05										Friday 06
	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	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1315	1422	1442	1288	339	1275	1238	810	1075	999	938	2267	2289	1482	1363	2100	2088	2108	252	263	736	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								8:51PM 0.32												8:31AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	19	21	19	18	16	18	19	19	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	15	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	21	19	18	16	18	19	19	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	15	16	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	-	13	14	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 N	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	-	10	12	10	10	18	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	15	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	10	10	3	11	11	-	11	12	12	12	4	4	5	5

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