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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	14	13	15	16	8	14	14	13	9	7	6	8	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	395	325	473	784	780	195	33	1807	1665	1069	999	126	1573	13	274	399	1736	2692	2006	1078	426	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:56PM 2.16		5:51AM 2.37		7:30PM 1.82	4:11AM 1.94			6:05AM 1.83	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74		9:00PM 2.13	7:47AM 1.65		11:42PM 2.16	12:04PM 1.49	2:04PM 1.27	2:24AM 1.33	12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			10:16PM 0.13	12:08PM 0.50	1:27PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25	10:19AM 0.47		10:13PM 0.47	12:19PM 0.52		12:46AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.60	3:11AM 0.85		4:58PM 0.50		5:45AM 0.50		8:07PM 0.29	6:19AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	2	4	-	-	6	21	2	2	13	1	3	-	-	-	4	-	1	-
High °C	19	18	15	19	19	16	26	18	14	12	15	20	18	20	12	18	20	14	14	19	14	15
Low °C	14	17	13	15	18	14	24	18	10	12	13	13	18	15	10	18	19	13	14	17	11	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	14	19	19	16	26	17	12	10	15	20	17	19	9	18	20	13	13	19	12	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.1 S	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	-	12	14	13	6	16	8	10	10	13	14	7	10	8	12	9	10	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 E	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	15	5	15	-	15	14	14	11	-	8	14	16	13	11	12	8	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.7 W	-	-	0.7 NE	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 SSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	11	10	-	-	-	2	16	8	-	-	5	9	4	6	-	-	11	11	11	6	-

	Wednesday 07							Thursday 08								Friday 09
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 N	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	6	15	14	10
Energy(?)	568	831	541	239	297	268	244	301	233	773	784	907	1209	1395	1249	2515	867	226	246	50	53	1617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:42AM 2.15					6:38PM 1.91			2:49AM 2.71	4:29AM 2.04				4:44PM 2.04					8:19AM 1.71	10:46AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			9:49AM 0.24	11:19AM 0.39			9:16PM 0.28	11:46PM 0.32				10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	8	5	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	17	18	17	16	16	14	15	13	15	19	15	18	16	15	15	14	14	27	27	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	17	18	17	16	16	13	14	12	15	19	14	18	15	14	14	12	12	27	27	13
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 W	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	11	-	8	8	9	13	11	13	13	-	-	15	20	19	12	18	18	5	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	0.9 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	4	6	6	3	4	10

	Wednesday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Riversdale Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 N	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	10
Energy(?)	672	568	568	393	431	424	307	461	173	541	500	500	500	1132	632	955	268	66	49	66	90	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:42AM 2.15			6:18AM 2.03															9:20PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	15	16	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	16	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 N	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	11	11	11	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	8	8	12	8	8	12	11	13	-	8	8	8	8	-	11	9	9	9	11	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	3	-	-	-

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