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

	Thu	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	6	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.6 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	14
Energy(?)	399	1351	1051	4682	1603	4584	2747	2863	3206	3420	1686	1805	1700	552	914	385	300	293	249	183	129	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.39	5:35PM 1.89	3:10AM 2.03		4:55PM 2.37				7:04PM 1.71	4:28AM 1.85	4:55PM 1.79		8:18AM 1.53	4:10PM 2.63		6:03AM 1.64	6:48PM 1.59	8:23PM 2.00	5:41AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.13			9:03PM 0.20	9:20AM 0.26		11:17PM 0.61	9:58AM 0.37		1:22AM 0.48	10:45AM 0.51		11:06PM 0.64			10:19PM 1.27	12:31PM 0.74		2:34AM 1.00	12:08PM 1.42	4:38PM 0.61	12:32AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	18	20	21	15	17	16	14	17	10	15	16	16	15	15	16	14	19	18	17	22	17	12
Low °C	16	19	18	13	15	15	13	17	10	13	15	16	15	13	14	11	15	18	15	18	16	9
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	14	17	15	14	16	8	14	16	15	15	14	15	14	19	18	16	22	17	12
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.7 WNW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	13	13	12	11	6	7	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 E	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	1.0 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSE	0.6 W	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	5	14	10	-	12	-	15	11	8	11	17	11	10	14	14	10	10	7	11	11	4	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	0.6 NW	-	1.7 NE
Period (s)	3	4	5	-	-	-	9	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	4	-	3	4	-	7

	Thu	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	15	14	11	14	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15
Energy(?)	533	523	705	525	1308	1597	2344	1333	2193	3205	5084	5084	5016	3606	1791	1959	3644	3371	3371	1743	3480	2612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:34PM 1.41										3:15AM 2.06				2:03PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)					8:43AM 0.17	10:14AM 0.41				11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31			9:46PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	1	5	1
Temp. °C	14	12	17	18	21	20	16	17	16	14	13	13	14	19	17	17	15	14	14	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	13	10	17	18	21	20	15	17	15	14	13	13	14	19	17	17	15	14	14	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	15	15	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.0 SW	0.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.9 E	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 N
Period (s)	8	6	14	6	14	14	-	6	10	7	-	-	-	9	12	12	-	-	-	11	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 WNW	-	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	3	6	-	11	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05				Friday 06
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	13	14	12	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	11	15	15	14
Energy(?)	640	564	557	122	394	901	904	163	697	698	641	641	721	699	301	302	761	740	1597	295	1051	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:34PM 1.41							2:35AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	18	16	16	16	15	17	17	18	16	17	17	19	14	15	20	20	18	17	21	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	18	15	15	15	14	16	17	18	15	16	16	19	14	15	20	20	18	17	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	14	14	14	14	15	11	11	10	10	10	11	14	14	11	11	11	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 E	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	13	4	5	9	9	12	14	14	15	15	14	15	8	8	14	14	14	15	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.0 NW	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-

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