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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	3	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	9	6	8	8	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	4.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	16	11	15	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13
Energy	1027	1293	1155	3469	1133	658	11811	1374	3375	1614	1279	1109	1724	3475	8653	5983	7903	7773	3045	3747	1167	1710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 2.85		12:19PM 2.56	2:27AM 2.47			10:46PM 3.06	11:26AM 3.45		11:28PM 3.29	4:02AM 1.93	4:20PM 2.18		4:41AM 2.03	5:32PM 2.01		7:14AM 1.75			8:15AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 0.23		6:12AM 0.34		8:23PM 0.78	8:07AM 0.01			5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61		10:18AM -0.03		10:37PM 0.11	10:59AM -0.00		11:54PM 0.12			9:37PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	5	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1
High °C	12	14	14	14	12	11	10	10	12	10	11	10	7	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	11	12
Low °C	12	13	13	10	12	10	10	9	10	8	9	8	7	8	7	9	10	9	9	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	14	14	12	10	9	7	8	10	10	11	10	4	5	4	7	8	8	9	7	9	10
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	4.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	16	11	15	17	15	15	14	13	-	13	19	12	-	13	13	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.4 SW	-	-	1.2 S	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	6	16	15	5	-	12	-	-	7	-	5	13	18	-	-	16	-	11	20	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	-	4	-	3

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	9	8	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 W	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	11	16	14	15	14	17	17	16	15	15	14	15
Energy	1027	1304	1293	1181	1213	1155	1220	1164	3469	1180	1133	1006	1863	658	2390	2759	11811	7804	1374	5989	5382	3375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91	12:19PM 2.56				1:56AM 2.01			11:04AM 2.14				10:46PM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46PM 0.23					3:14AM 0.17	6:12AM 0.34			3:30PM 0.13	7:47PM 0.13				8:07AM 0.01			5:18PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	12	13	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	7	13	10	13	9	9	7	7	7	10	8	12	10	11
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 W	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	13	11	6	14	15	14	17	17	16	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	16	18	15	13	-	5	-	-	-	8	12	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	4	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	9	8	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1105	1049	1027	1015	1218	1304	2188	1319	1293	1274	1310	1181	1164	1164	1213	1178	1172	1155	1184	1247	1220	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:38AM 3.21													9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)									2:46PM 0.23													3:14AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	13	13	8	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	12	12	7	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	21	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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