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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	Mon	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay 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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1257	871	351	1582	777	1012	688	802	1651	943	735	535	1833	1032	1167	1824	916	1279	424	389	405	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 3.35		4:50PM 1.91		5:03AM 2.07	5:03PM 2.29			1:54PM 2.97	2:16AM 2.79		2:06PM 3.05	3:36AM 1.86	7:18AM 1.76	6:20PM 2.26	3:34AM 2.50	11:10AM 1.56		11:30PM 1.59	11:55AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:08AM 0.25		11:05PM 0.01	11:14AM 0.12		12:22AM 0.07	7:45AM 0.12		8:09PM 0.12	8:24AM 0.24		9:30PM 0.41			9:27PM 0.45	5:04AM 0.44	5:26PM 0.47		5:54AM 0.48	6:10PM 0.50	12:46AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	6	13	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	18	15	13	16	11	17	19	20	13	17	13	16	14	13	11	18	15	16	19	18
Low °C	8	11	16	13	12	15	10	15	19	12	13	16	12	15	13	12	11	17	14	15	18	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	18	15	12	15	10	17	19	20	12	16	12	15	12	12	11	18	15	15	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.3 N	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.3 N	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	8	11	7	11	11	8	8	11	13	12	13	-	13	12	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	1.2 W	0.8 NNE	-	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 NW	0.3 NE	0.2 WNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	9	11	7	-	13	11	10	-	6	7	-	12	6	12	-	9	-	7	9	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.1 NW	2.0 W	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	4	13	12	5	12	-	-	13	-	5	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 S	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	11	10	8	10	13
Energy(?)	342	616	1378	1166	1188	602	525	879	1306	1219	1023	1131	1087	664	658	648	555	688	599	602	548	1303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:00AM 2.10		4:33AM 2.02						12:57AM 2.94							8:12PM 1.57				8:34AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)						10:08AM 0.11		6:49PM -0.03				6:38AM 0.02	7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12					2:20AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	9	9	11	12	11	16	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	17	11	10	10	10	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	7	7	10	12	9	16	13	14	12	15	15	14	13	17	10	10	9	9	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	8	8	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NW	0.7 NNE	1.1 S	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	11	12	9	9	9	8	10	21	12	8	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 NE	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	6	10	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	7	7	10
Energy(?)	309	664	149	129	1257	975	110	338	338	338	291	280	750	1361	952	285	180	259	293	325	373	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:16PM -0.02									7:08AM 0.25		9:19AM 0.25				1:10PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	1	-	-
High °C	17	15	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	17	14	11	11	18	16	16	17	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	17	14	9	9	8	9	8	15	15	15	15	16	13	10	11	17	16	16	17	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:58	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	8	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	8	12	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	10	6	8	-	15	10	10	10	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 NE	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 N	-	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	10	10	7	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	6	-	6	6	7	7	-

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