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

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	0.6 W	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	20	16	15	16	14	13	12	15	12	15
Energy(?)	1579	1269	1494	332	74	853	1758	811	1888	2567	1131	2441	407	1187	1692	906	326	952	792	424	752	3135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:26AM 2.14	9:05AM 2.54		12:20AM 2.38	12:40PM 2.40	1:56PM 1.94	2:26AM 2.05		3:12PM 2.45	3:11AM 2.06			12:01AM 3.27	5:52AM 2.06		1:03AM 2.14	6:46AM 1.81	2:18PM 2.22	2:39AM 2.14	5:15AM 1.92	2:55PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			6:08PM 0.34		6:39AM 0.41		8:05PM 0.08	9:06AM 0.70		8:53PM 0.03	9:35AM 0.11	6:26PM 0.23		12:10PM 0.14	1:07PM 0.11				8:32PM 0.09	11:25AM 0.22		12:16AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	16	15	22	11	10	11	13	11	9	14	14	15	20	15	19	22	18	23	22	18
Low °C	9	12	14	11	18	11	8	9	12	10	8	13	13	13	18	13	14	21	15	18	21	16
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	15	22	8	7	10	10	8	8	13	14	15	20	14	19	22	18	23	22	18
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	0.3 E	1.0 WSW	0.4 NE	-	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.1 NE	-	2.2 S	3.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	9	12	4	-	12	12	11	-	11	12	11	16	15	16	14	13	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	1.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	9	13	4	10	-	14	-	13	-	11	10	20	9	9	9	8	9	9	15	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	2.1 SW	-	0.7 NNE	1.9 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	13	-	4	11	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 28								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	8	10	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1038	1369	1384	1226	1207	1224	1494	2230	2132	2029	1386	1077	217	699	130	751	1386	1533	1256	3546	1104	3727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:04PM 1.86				1:53AM 1.91							12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)				5:44AM 0.54					7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48				4:49PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	10	9	11	15	16	15	13	12	12	12	13	13	23	15	8	9	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	15	8	7	9	14	15	14	12	10	10	11	13	12	23	14	6	7	7	5	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	0.3 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 E	1.0 SSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 N	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	8	12	11	12	12	13	10	7	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	2.4 SW
Period (s)	10	16	-	-	-	9	13	8	8	8	8	5	10	5	10	15	10	11	-	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 27				Saturday 28
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	6	13	5	13	12	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1066	1220	1603	1603	1579	1454	1434	514	514	1374	156	1658	745	56	88	465	20	372	344	1494	1323	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:36PM 2.40			11:23PM 2.31	12:43AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)														8:43AM 0.22	9:24AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	8	8	14	12	12	15	16	15	13	13	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	16	10	10	10	7	7	8	9	6	7	13	11	11	14	16	14	11	11	15	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	9	6	13	5	13	12	9	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	16	-	-	-	7	7	9	9	9	14	12	12	5	8	12	5	13	13	13	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	13	12	2

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