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 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 NE	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	8	11	12	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1279	1543	1327	1067	1673	1575	637	1690	345	285	68	2014	1781	1288	913	595	1020	206	673	144	680	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:33AM 2.31	11:57AM 2.68		12:14AM 2.65	12:32PM 2.68	4:47PM 1.70	3:49AM 2.23	5:12AM 1.78	1:15PM 2.56	1:31AM 2.52		1:53PM 3.02	3:52AM 1.82	5:12AM 2.13	2:04PM 2.70		7:24AM 1.65			5:22AM 1.69	5:34PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28PM 0.65	5:49AM 0.41	6:13PM 1.01		6:24AM 0.43		9:42PM 0.67	11:27AM 0.48		7:25PM 0.48	7:39AM 0.55		9:38PM 0.47	11:27AM 0.77		1:15AM 0.49		1:51PM 0.55	11:05PM 0.53	11:31AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	11	16	11	15	16	12	15	14	11	12	9	8	13	13	13	18	19	18	25	23
Low °C	16	12	10	16	9	13	15	9	14	13	8	11	9	7	11	13	13	17	19	14	22	23
Chill °C (?)	16	20	10	16	8	14	15	10	15	14	8	10	6	6	12	11	11	18	19	18	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:22	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	0.3 S	1.9 SW	-	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	16	14	-	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NW	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	9	10	7	10	10	-	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	12	10	-	6	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	-	-	1.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	0.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	15	4	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	12	3	3	8

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2553	1412	1633	1025	1215	1115	1327	1027	1430	1356	1356	1062	1077	3302	1119	1229	1242	1518	1385	3094	2786	3005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-ebb	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:48PM 3.14								12:14AM 2.65				12:07PM 2.90		4:47PM 1.70			2:24AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41			6:15PM 0.39					9:26AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	15	13	14	14	11	10	10	17	14	14	12	8	12	17	15	13	11	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	15	19	14	13	14	14	10	8	9	17	14	14	11	6	11	17	14	12	10	7	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	0.3 ESE	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	9	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.3 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	17	8	8	8	7	10	15	10	6	6	7	6	-	10	12	10	10	9	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	0.4 W	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	5	-	-	13	12	12

	Thursday 20										Friday 21
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 SW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2267	1389	1801	1138	1436	1435	1738	1391	1712	1633	1652	1178	1040	3621	1294	1209	1465	1470	1344	514	447	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:10PM 2.29									11:40PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 0.65	9:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	5	4	3
High °C	19	19	17	16	15	15	20	18	20	14	14	15	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	16	14	14	20	18	20	13	13	14	13	10	10	13	12	11	12	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 SW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	0.2 E	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.1 ENE	0.2 S	1.1 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	8	8	8	8	9	17	9	8	8	8	8	-	9	7	10	10	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	0.6 NW	-	-	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	4	-	-	5	-	-

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