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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	2.1 NE	0.9 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	12	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	8	11	11	12	10
Energy(?)	2123	2553	1573	1419	1839	1046	1705	545	1344	290	230	1431	1131	1738	1452	333	277	729	191	849	273	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 1.96		1:14AM 1.99		1:23PM 1.98	3:10AM 2.28	12:33PM 2.66	3:21PM 2.21	12:51AM 2.60		5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	1:54PM 2.49	2:12AM 2.43		2:36PM 2.93	3:07AM 2.83			3:47AM 2.29	8:12AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 0.32	8:49AM 0.74		9:05PM 0.66	6:25AM 0.44			7:01AM 0.48		11:40PM 0.45	12:14PM 0.52		8:05PM 0.55	9:53AM 0.62		8:52PM 1.15	9:05AM 0.68	1:51PM 0.55	9:37PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	12	13	15	16	16	10	16	14	11	10	12	9	18	18	14	22	16	15	25
Low °C	17	19	12	10	13	14	16	15	9	14	14	9	10	10	7	15	18	13	20	16	15	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	11	11	15	16	15	9	16	13	10	7	10	8	18	17	13	22	16	14	25
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	15	-	13	13	12	12	9	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	9	10	18	7	12	-	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	5	12	12	6	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	0.5 NW	1.8 ENE	1.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	3	5	8	4	11	6	-

	Thursday 20							Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	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	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3287	2258	2123	1330	2553	1557	1628	3676	1206	1115	1419	1334	1530	1356	1336	3962	1075	1108	1348	1853	1350	1414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)																						4:47PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:46AM 0.41								5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41			6:15PM 0.39				6:33AM 1.04		10:42AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	12	17	21	18	20	15	16	14	14	12	10	10	17	14	8	12	13	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	17	21	18	20	14	15	14	14	11	8	9	17	14	6	12	13	15	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	-	18	-	17	8	-	8	7	10	10	10	6	6	-	7	6	6	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Thursday 20
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	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	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	3613	2653	2433	1428	2258	1407	2540	2091	1912	1879	1309	1305	1401	1974	1974	536	1129	1121	1424	1792	1628	1616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								8:12AM 0.72									5:39PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	21	22	22	17	17	17	16	16	15	20	15	19
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	10	9	10	14	14	14	14	21	22	22	16	16	17	16	16	14	20	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.9 NNW	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	-	-	12	-	12	8	-	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	-	8	8	8	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3

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