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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.4 ENE	0.9 SW	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	10	11
Energy(?)	2123	1279	1610	1235	631	982	1350	562	1466	149	275	68	636	1781	814	959	821	186	515	792	379	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:48PM 1.98	2:10PM 2.29	1:14AM 1.99			12:23AM 3.12	12:32PM 2.68			5:12AM 1.78	5:28PM 1.66	1:37AM 2.46		3:13PM 1.82	2:20AM 2.93		2:04PM 2.70	2:54AM 2.37			7:41PM 1.54	5:22AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 0.32	8:49AM 0.74	6:10PM 0.40		6:24AM 0.43	6:45PM 0.43	10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		7:30PM 0.47	7:41AM 0.55		8:05PM 1.11	10:00AM 0.63		8:47PM 0.61	9:05AM 0.68	1:51PM 0.55	2:05AM 0.49	11:31AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	20	11	13	14	15	16	10	13	14	11	10	10	8	13	14	16	17	15	17	25
Low °C	18	16	12	10	12	13	15	15	9	13	14	8	9	9	6	11	14	15	16	15	17	21
Chill °C (?)	20	16	20	9	11	12	15	14	9	12	13	9	8	8	7	12	13	15	17	14	17	25
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 NE
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	13	15	-	13	13	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	6	8	12	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	9	10	18	7	6	-	9	9	9	14	-	9	-	9	9	11	16	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.9 W	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.5 NNE	1.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	11	-	-

	Thursday 20					Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2123	1330	2553	1412	1633	1025	1215	1115	1235	1270	1430	1356	1356	3044	1077	3302	1341	1294	1013	1496	1282	2968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						11:48PM 3.14												12:32PM 2.68		4:47PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)								5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41			6:15PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	18	20	15	13	14	14	11	10	10	17	14	8	12	8	17	15	14	13	10	9
Chill °C (?)	18	21	18	20	14	13	14	14	9	8	9	17	14	6	11	6	17	15	14	12	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	18	-	17	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	6	6	-	6	-	12	6	8	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Thursday 20																Friday 21
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2258	1273	2123	1292	2234	1315	1643	1619	2047	2155	2175	1785	1640	514	997	2362	1312	1172	1199	1522	1504	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:22AM 2.67				3:28PM 1.75								11:11PM 2.85				3:52AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	13	16	18	20	17	16	15	15	21	19	20	17	16	16	14	16	15	15	15	18	16	12
Chill °C (?)	12	16	18	20	16	16	13	13	21	19	20	16	15	16	14	15	14	14	15	18	16	11
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	8	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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