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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	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	11	9	11
Energy(?)	123	442	1737	764	932	537	839	1677	861	955	535	1578	1455	817	1058	277	1595	548	57	299	7	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 1.99	7:07PM 1.44		1:15PM 3.07	1:46AM 3.25	12:53PM 2.79	1:28PM 3.20	2:59AM 1.95	6:32AM 1.88	5:33PM 2.36	2:27AM 2.86	10:21AM 1.58		10:44PM 1.59	11:13AM 1.38			9:01AM 1.56			8:34AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	10:28AM 0.10		1:18AM 0.05	7:14AM 0.58		7:37PM 0.57	6:43AM -0.05		8:51PM 0.32	12:47PM 0.27		8:22PM 0.25	4:11AM 0.39	4:39PM 0.43		5:05AM 0.19	5:26PM 0.47	11:51PM 0.59		1:57PM 0.85	12:46AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	13	16	12	17	19	15	15	17	13	18	19	17	17	16	18	22	19	10	16
Low °C	16	12	13	12	16	10	14	18	14	12	15	12	15	17	14	16	16	17	19	19	9	13
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	12	16	12	17	19	15	14	16	11	18	19	17	17	15	18	22	19	8	16
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	13	8	12	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	13	13	-	12	13	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	1.2 N	1.6 WSW	-	1.4 SE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.1 NW	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	7	12	-	7	11	10	-	17	7	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	7	8	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.2 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SE	1.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	11	10	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	10	8	10	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1188	595	533	524	1277	1034	1089	1108	1091	623	658	769	582	537	515	526	514	1506	1409	832	1437	1342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)													8:12PM 1.57				8:34AM 1.64			4:49PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11AM 0.07	1:05PM 0.06	6:55PM 0.52				6:38AM 0.02	7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12					2:20AM 0.29						9:43PM 0.13	11:12PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	11	16	12	15	11	15	16	16	15	14	15	12	11	10	11	16	18	18	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	11	9	16	10	14	9	15	16	16	14	13	15	12	10	9	11	16	18	18	19	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	7	11	10	10	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	8	8	8	10	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 N	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NNE	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	11	11	9	9	8	10	21	18	8	11	10	11	8	10	10	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03																Wednesday 04
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 NNW	1.6 N	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	11	11	7	8	11	10	11	10	7	7	7	7	8	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1541	860	123	168	194	312	374	534	1057	783	882	2039	613	714	869	132	887	892	418	488	861	861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						12:42PM 3.46				4:35PM 2.04			7:17PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)												6:23PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	3	3	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	16	13	17	14	16	15	16	13	13	15	14	14	14	17	13	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	9	16	12	17	12	14	13	16	12	12	13	12	12	12	16	10	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	1.3 N	1.0 W	1.5 NNW	1.6 N	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	7	7	11	7	8	11	10	11	10	8	8	8	7	8	12	8	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	-	1.0 SW	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	11	7	11	11	7	9	14	14	11	13	13	8	13	-	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	2.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.4 SW	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	6	3	3	3	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	8	-	-	-	-	-

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