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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	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	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	10	11	11	12	8	8	8
Energy(?)	798	212	1684	2845	330	707	1615	928	1403	1224	695	1523	771	601	714	249	360	470	267	442	213	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 1.88	6:53PM 1.81		7:18AM 1.76		3:50AM 1.87		5:31PM 1.75		7:32AM 2.10		8:11PM 2.09	8:34AM 2.03		7:28PM 1.56	11:08AM 1.50			8:20AM 1.58		8:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 0.35	12:47PM 0.27		1:10AM 0.30		1:35PM 0.37	9:45PM 0.41	9:47AM 0.57		11:51PM 0.59		1:57PM 0.85	2:23AM 0.93		1:13PM 0.71	1:44AM 0.80	4:53AM 0.63		1:08AM 1.00		2:40PM 0.83	3:02AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	3	4	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	40
High °C	19	15	15	14	14	18	16	18	14	11	12	12	11	21	22	14	17	16	18	17	19	16
Low °C	12	14	15	12	13	17	14	18	13	10	12	12	10	18	21	12	16	16	16	16	19	15
Chill °C (?)	19	15	13	12	13	18	16	18	12	9	11	10	11	21	22	14	17	16	18	17	19	16
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:16	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 NE	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	10	11	11	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	5	15	-	-	-	13	7	6	15	10	9	9	-	8	8	8	8	7	10	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	3	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	5	-	-	-	5

	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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.0 SW	1.4 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1338	798	833	730	723	703	535	674	2325	2845	1866	1835	2164	2365	4478	4660	1514	632	1285	1732	1729	711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:32AM 1.88			2:51PM 2.10					5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88	7:42PM 1.70		3:34AM 2.50	4:15AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		12:22AM 0.18				12:47PM 0.27				10:24PM 0.28				12:17PM 0.62								10:17AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	18	19	12	12	12	13	14	16	14	13	12	13	15	14	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	11	11	11	12	13	16	13	12	10	11	14	12	15	13	13	16	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	5	6	7	7	7	15	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	14	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	5	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	7	-	-	-	-	-

	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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1518	1127	1010	936	938	798	198	658	228	1452	1338	1338	1363	1412	2205	2170	713	279	442	1230	1229	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:18AM 2.77	3:47AM 2.03		5:12AM 2.40										3:16PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)						12:22AM 0.18									9:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	18	19	19	19	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	13	16	17	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	20	17	18	19	19	19	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	12	16	16	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	5	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	15	15	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	5	-	-	10	10	-

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