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

	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	Long Point Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	1	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 NE	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	14	10	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	11	9	11	12	13
Energy(?)	930	1423	775	212	1684	2951	330	1191	673	89	1287	1601	629	1454	368	368	627	567	197	504	614	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:27PM 2.17		5:12AM 2.40	5:33PM 2.36					4:05AM 1.84	4:15PM 1.84		7:32AM 2.10	6:29PM 1.67	8:11PM 2.09	8:34AM 2.03		7:28PM 1.56	7:53AM 1.57		11:45PM 1.58	12:07PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			12:22AM 0.18	11:32AM 0.49		1:10AM 0.30	9:10AM 0.92	1:35PM 0.37	10:10PM 0.52	10:17AM 0.53		10:43PM 0.57			2:23AM 0.93		2:56PM 0.91	1:44AM 0.80		5:15PM 0.58		5:49AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	4	-	-	1	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	15	14	15	13	14	17	12	14	15	11	12	12	16	23	21	12	17	18	14	23
Low °C	14	19	14	14	14	12	13	15	10	13	14	9	11	12	15	19	20	12	17	16	14	20
Chill °C (?)	17	19	15	14	13	11	13	16	11	13	14	8	10	10	15	23	21	12	17	18	14	23
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	14	10	11	12	12	11	13	12	13	11	9	11	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 W	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 NW	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	17	15	-	-	-	6	6	13	15	-	9	15	8	5	6	8	14	13	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	1.2 W	-	0.8 SSE	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 NW	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	6	-	4	13	12	-	-	4	5	5	-	3	3	-	4

	Thursday 05					Friday 06								Saturday 07								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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	978	1364	1423	2037	1312	870	204	723	1515	650	525	564	1084	2951	1765	1699	1911	4057	4409	1601	2122	1909
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:49PM 2.45			2:24AM 3.14	6:32AM 1.88			2:51PM 2.10					5:54AM 2.30					7:42PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.18					12:22AM 0.18			9:06AM 0.38					10:24PM 0.28				10:37AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	5	2
Temp. °C	13	17	19	20	18	18	15	12	16	16	15	15	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	19	20	17	18	15	11	16	16	14	15	11	10	10	10	12	13	13	14	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	12	10	11	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	-	5	13	6	17	16	15	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	11	12	6	-	-

	Thursday 05																Friday 06
	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	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 W	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	13	10	13	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	776	881	930	1047	1280	1214	258	1409	480	133	128	134	616	1822	1312	1390	1462	331	311	844	842	789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				10:47AM 0.37		12:01PM 0.18											11:12PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	1	1
High °C	11	12	14	14	16	17	17	20	15	17	17	16	20	19	18	18	16	13	13	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	14	14	16	17	17	20	15	17	17	16	20	19	17	18	16	12	12	13	10	11
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 W	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	1.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	13	10	13	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	19	19	10	10	10	11	16	10	18	18	17	18	13	13	-	-	-	12	12	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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