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

	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	12	12	20	20	11	16	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1142	2405	1579	385	434	332	68	964	1932	4720	3809	2831	1629	1252	913	698	1701	793	479	554	186	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:12PM 1.90		1:04PM 1.86	1:37AM 2.00			1:11AM 2.44	12:15PM 2.18	1:28PM 2.47	3:11AM 2.06		3:57PM 2.49				1:13AM 2.04	12:53PM 3.32		7:37PM 1.56	7:25AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17PM 0.23		6:53AM 0.29		7:14PM 0.15	7:46AM 0.21		7:01PM 0.23	6:08AM 0.26		8:53PM 0.03	9:50AM 0.66		10:12PM 0.58	7:27AM 0.13		7:04PM 0.22	6:45AM 0.56	1:29PM 0.65	1:49AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	13	11	15	16	15	16	11	10	12	13	12	15	15	15	20	14	15	20	23	17	17
Low °C	11	12	9	10	16	11	16	11	7	10	13	11	13	13	13	16	14	13	15	21	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	15	15	15	14	8	8	10	10	10	13	15	14	20	13	15	20	23	17	16
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	2.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	2.4 S	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	14	14	13	12	8	-	13	11	9	-	12	20	20	11	16	16	9	14	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	9	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	14	4	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	0.9 NW	1.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	1.2 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NE	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	12	-	4	12	14	14	13	12	-	10	-	3	-	-	3	5	-	3

	Friday 27							Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11
Energy(?)	1973	1009	1389	1298	1925	1512	1476	1579	1384	1170	1152	1230	1952	2035	2132	2641	611	1077	264	69	154	1358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:21AM 1.86	12:05PM 1.78				11:23PM 2.31					1:31PM 2.31			11:07PM 1.96					3:58PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 0.68	5:55AM 0.36				6:17PM 0.23				4:23AM 0.51					7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Temp. °C	13	10	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	11	15	17	16	13	13	12	12	13	16	16	9
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	12	12	12	10	9	8	7	9	14	17	15	12	12	11	11	13	16	16	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	4	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	13	8	16	16	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	12	11	5	10	13	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	13	12	12	12	7	12	-	4	4	11

	Friday 27
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	13	13	12	6	6	9
Energy(?)	2013	964	1240	1024	1023	1009	1009	1344	1389	1478	1529	1298	630	619	619	648	1757	1793	626	104	101	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:05PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			3:14AM 0.60		5:55AM 0.36															8:13PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	17	17	16	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	7	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	17	17	16	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	13	13	9	13	13	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	18	-	18	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	-	16	16	12	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

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