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 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	2887	1292	2553	1573	1419	1839	1046	1953	545	1344	373	230	2376	311	1738	767	991	638	760	191	849	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.98	12:04PM 1.96		1:14AM 1.99		1:23PM 1.98	3:10AM 2.28			2:30AM 1.94		1:09PM 2.63		5:54AM 1.74	6:10PM 1.61			3:55PM 1.76	3:07AM 2.83		3:15PM 2.42	3:44AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 0.54	6:14PM 0.54	7:04PM 0.32	7:22AM 0.44		9:05PM 0.66	8:00AM 0.48	6:47PM 0.43	8:18PM 0.37	7:01AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		12:27AM 0.48	8:22AM 0.62		8:52PM 1.15	9:15AM 1.17		9:36PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	20	19	19	10	15	15	14	16	11	14	13	11	10	13	10	12	12	10	21	19	16
Low °C	11	18	18	12	10	14	14	13	15	9	14	11	8	10	12	8	10	11	9	18	16	13
Chill °C (?)	12	20	19	19	8	14	14	13	15	10	13	12	8	8	11	8	11	10	9	21	18	15
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	-	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	13	-	9	10	18	7	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	6	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	2.2 WSW	-	0.7 NW	1.3 SW	-	0.9 WNW	-	2.3 SW	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.8 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	12	-	5	13	-	5	-	12	4	-	2	-	-	-	4	11	6

	Wed	Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3771	3800	3287	2258	2123	2233	1443	2480	1628	3676	1206	1115	1419	1334	1530	1557	1336	3962	1075	1108	1348	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 1.94				12:48PM 1.98	2:10PM 2.29									4:07PM 1.73						12:32PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)				6:46AM 0.41								5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41							6:33AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	11	17	20	19	19	15	14	14	14	10	10	11	13	14	8	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	9	17	20	19	19	14	13	14	14	8	8	9	12	14	6	13	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 N	1.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	9	8	-	-	-	18	-	8	-	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	-	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20
	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	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4065	3782	4001	3492	3228	2887	1768	2653	2413	2433	1922	2024	1175	1188	1197	1295	2234	536	1301	1281	1597	1457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:37AM 1.98	1:55AM 2.33										11:22AM 2.67	12:43PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)											5:12AM 0.40				9:17AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	15	11	15	14	15	17	19	21	17	19	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	12	11	11	10	10	14	10	14	12	15	17	19	21	16	19	16	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 N	1.3 N	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.1 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	-	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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