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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	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oreti Beach Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	1	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	4.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	2.4 ESE	0.3 WSW	3.0 SE	1.5 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	19	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	7	10	8	8	9
Energy(?)	200	970	1807	1975	2394	3195	1307	5825	2581	33	1426	738	581	509	347	289	26	576	44	1573	412	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 1.89		9:08AM 1.85			4:57AM 1.84			5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84	7:36PM 2.18	8:07AM 2.19		8:36PM 2.22	9:07AM 2.23		9:37PM 2.28	8:40AM 1.89		11:55PM 1.86	8:49AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			12:42AM 0.37		1:32PM 0.95	10:37PM 0.36	11:04AM 0.52	2:01PM 0.44	11:25PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		2:04AM 0.59		2:30PM 0.65	3:00AM 0.60			3:59AM 0.61		3:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	6	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	1	4	2	1	-	5	-	6	-	4
High °C	17	13	10	14	15	12	14	12	12	13	15	13	16	15	15	19	14	17	17	17	11	12
Low °C	14	12	8	12	14	10	14	12	10	11	15	10	16	14	14	19	13	17	12	15	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	11	7	13	15	10	14	11	12	12	14	13	15	14	14	19	12	16	16	16	9	11
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	4.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 N	1.1 NNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	19	9	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	6	7	8	7	12	7	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 N	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	17	16	-	-	5	13	12	10	13	6	8	12	11	11	5	13	10	11	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	-	3.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.9 E
Period (s)	-	7	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	7	-	8	6	9

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 SW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	19	10	18	17	8	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	969	1299	821	258	566	2240	1892	2139	1684	2516	3154	1558	1437	1420	1594	3195	4545	3289	2733	2656	1025	3248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 3.08									4:13AM 1.87				5:52PM 2.15			3:57AM 1.91	6:20AM 2.17				4:14PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)							10:00PM 0.35	12:42AM 0.37				11:53AM 0.62				12:21AM 0.55				11:04AM 0.52	2:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	5	3	-	-	-	4	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	2	2
Temp. °C	13	11	13	22	14	13	9	10	10	10	12	14	14	15	12	10	11	10	11	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	9	11	22	12	12	7	9	8	8	10	13	13	15	11	8	11	8	10	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	1.6 SW	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	6	10	19	10	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	13	14	14	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	21	9	8	9	18	18	17	8	-	-	10	-	15	18	-	17	-	-	-	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 W	1.5 WSW	0.6 NE	1.0 SW	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 W	2.2 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	10	11	3	8	10	-	-	8	9	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	14	3	-

	Wednesday 24
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	0.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	20	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	18	10
Energy(?)	942	200	456	370	211	1299	825	823	197	1648	2229	1382	1362	1476	1584	2701	1330	2410	2410	3282	1787	1274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									9:32AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	4
High °C	13	12	11	15	12	11	11	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	9	15	10	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	1.1 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	10	11	7	10	9	10	21	6	10	9	20	9	9	9	9	19	10	18	18	9	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	15	22	10	9	6	21	16	9	20	-	-	20	20	20	19	-	10	13	13	18	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	5	10	10	11	3	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	-	10	10	10	-	10

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