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

	Tue	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.5 ENE	1.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 W	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	339	389	537	2887	2091	1274	1771	1335	911	1062	1781	393	1281	49	1720	2807	3017	1280	1450	403	470	863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 2.65			12:48PM 1.98				1:23PM 1.98	12:23AM 3.12			2:30AM 1.94		2:38PM 1.91			1:53PM 3.02	2:10AM 2.45		5:24PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	4:00AM 0.41	4:36AM 0.41	4:55PM 0.42	11:29PM 0.28	6:46AM 0.41		11:58PM 0.29	7:22AM 0.44			7:08AM 0.56	6:47PM 1.04	8:18PM 0.37	10:03AM 0.77		10:22PM 0.68	9:18AM 0.58		8:03PM 0.55	8:20AM 0.62		1:15AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	16	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	22	16	13	20	17	17	10	17	15	14	15	11	17	14	10	13	12	9	19	18	9
Low °C	10	20	15	11	17	16	10	10	16	14	12	15	9	16	14	8	11	12	7	17	16	8
Chill °C (?)	13	22	16	12	20	17	17	10	17	15	13	14	10	17	13	7	12	10	9	19	17	8
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.5 ENE	1.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	0.3 E	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	13	13	13	6	14	13	13	14	13	13	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	0.2 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	10	-	-	8	9	10	7	7	10	-	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	5	5	-

	Tue	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NW	2.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 NE	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	12	13	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1154	1455	1079	1480	1613	2953	1471	4181	3723	1357	3258	1609	2091	1230	2590	1432	2409	1026	1224	1115	1306	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:49PM 2.90	10:26PM 2.61		4:59AM 1.35		12:13PM 1.96				11:12PM 3.12								11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)								6:28PM 0.33				5:23AM 1.02					7:04PM 0.32			5:48AM 0.40	8:49AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	15	18	21	16	13	15	14	15	17	21	19	19	16	13	15	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	15	18	21	16	12	15	14	15	17	21	19	19	16	13	15	15	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NW	1.8 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	12	13	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	16	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	18	-	17	-	8	8	8	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-

	Tuesday 18				Wednesday 19
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 ENE	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.4 NNW	2.3 N	2.2 NNW	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	9	14	15
Energy(?)	1387	2126	2026	641	339	339	371	393	408	1135	1261	962	1111	733	1613	1034	2384	636	541	519	2271	2235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					12:00AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)				10:45PM 0.27						4:47AM 1.03	5:22AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	19	12	11	20	10	10	16	14	16	12	14	15	17	17	16	16	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	14	14	19	10	9	20	8	8	16	14	16	11	14	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 ENE	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.4 NNW	2.3 N	2.2 NNW	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	9	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	16	11	11	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	-	-	-	10	10	10	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.5 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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