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

	Wed		Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 ESE	0.3 W	1.2 SSE	1.5 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	19	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	6	9	8	8	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1024	1848	710	2394	2976	1199	4304	2834	1057	1044	817	130	500	415	142	304	14	322	428	799	1018	1463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:50PM 2.18		4:13AM 1.87			6:20AM 2.17	6:42PM 2.16		5:39AM 1.79	6:02PM 1.84		6:39AM 1.82		9:47PM 1.70	7:38AM 1.84		10:51PM 1.77	8:35AM 1.85		7:29PM 2.74	8:24AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:12AM 0.88	10:19AM 0.50	1:14PM 0.44	1:09AM 0.42	12:41PM 0.63		1:11AM 0.57	11:49AM 0.51		12:24AM 0.42	12:53PM 0.51	2:30PM 0.65			3:30PM 0.63			1:31PM 0.52	1:48AM 0.46		2:37PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	4	-	7	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	8	-	1	1	2	1
High °C	13	10	13	10	10	13	14	12	14	16	13	13	18	13	20	15	16	12	11	12	13	14
Low °C	13	8	13	9	9	12	14	10	12	15	10	11	16	13	16	15	14	11	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	8	12	9	8	12	13	12	14	15	12	12	18	12	20	13	16	10	10	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:35	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.7 W	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.4 S	0.3 W	1.0 SSE	1.5 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	19	9	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	9	8	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	17	-	-	-	6	12	12	20	11	8	16	7	7	10	10	-	7	12	11	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S
Period (s)	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	800	1268	2042	2139	1553	1103	3345	1777	572	2297	2488	2976	3197	1404	2772	1600	1056	3886	4510	3512	2323	2052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:50PM 2.18				5:35AM 2.17				4:22PM 1.88								5:03PM 1.83				4:21AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 0.35	12:42AM 0.37				11:53AM 0.62				10:43PM 0.37				12:41PM 0.63	2:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	7	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	9	10	10	10	13	14	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	14	14	11	13	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	7	9	7	8	12	13	10	9	8	7	8	9	11	13	13	10	13	12	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	8	19	9	9	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	19	8	18	17	8	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	8	21	12	-	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 NW	1.6 W	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	4	9	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	6	13	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 24										Thursday 25
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 W	1.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	10	19	18	18	10	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	18	9	9
Energy(?)	302	550	2890	1053	1299	3721	2513	4893	844	2005	2020	1848	1848	2005	2117	965	2025	813	1857	1348	1826	1826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									9:54PM 0.34											8:33AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	4
High °C	16	16	13	12	12	14	14	11	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	15	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	10	9	12	12	10	5	6	5	5	6	8	7	6	7	7	14	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 W	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	19	19	18	19	18	9	18	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	6	19	-	12	8	8	13	18	9	17	17	17	17	9	-	11	10	-	18	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	2.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	10	7	6	18	10	18	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9

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