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

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 N	0.3 WSW
Period(s)	19	20	12	13	14	16	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	7	13
Energy	1374	634	2316	7582	4642	986	1548	2207	2510	3456	1538	2536	1624	1085	933	780	345	283	393	225	103	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 2.10	10:31AM 2.01	12:44PM 2.12	12:04AM 2.37		1:43PM 1.87	9:48PM 2.91			2:39AM 1.81		3:01PM 1.86		3:18AM 1.77	2:18PM 2.36		3:58AM 1.73	12:07PM 3.06	7:21PM 1.58	7:49AM 1.48	12:39PM 2.55	6:43PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 0.31			6:19AM 0.50			8:38AM 0.87	4:32PM 0.83	8:27PM 0.30	9:00AM 0.28		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33		9:52PM 0.41	10:06AM 0.39		1:52AM 0.62			12:47AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	11	10	10	14	15	11	12	10	14	16	14	11	14	13	11	13	10	12	14	14
Low °C	12	14	10	8	9	14	14	9	11	9	11	15	11	10	14	10	9	11	7	8	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	15	7	7	8	13	15	11	12	9	13	16	14	11	14	12	11	13	9	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	7	11	17	-	14	10	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	13	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	20	4	-	-	16	4	5	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	14	12	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 SW	0.6 W	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	13	18	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13
Energy	1284	1374	1257	1101	1622	1619	736	1545	518	7582	7922	6742	5564	4857	3406	3843	3324	1123	1306	1213	1202	1017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10								1:36AM 1.75				12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15		4:35AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.26			5:37AM 0.50			3:00PM 0.34						7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26					9:40AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	13	15	18	14	10	14	10	9	8	8	10	11	10	9	14	8	7	15	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	11	14	17	14	7	14	7	6	5	6	8	9	8	7	14	6	4	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 W	1.8 W	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	20	7	19	8	8	12	11	16	13	-	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 W	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	7	13	10	11	12	18	19	11	18	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	15	18	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.8 SW	1.3 W	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	-	4	-	13	6	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	1.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	20	20	20	20	19	20	12	19	11	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	5	15	18	12
Energy	819	1078	1284	1139	1374	1370	495	644	380	1526	242	1559	1548	1806	1622	1741	1644	424	151	78	645	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:06AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.26								2:59AM 0.93				6:45AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	14	12	11	13	14	14	15	16	17	15	18	17	15	19
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	11	11	10	12	11	14	10	10	11	12	12	14	15	16	15	17	16	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	7	11	12	19	11	10	10	10	10	12	8	12	12	11	8	8	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	11	7	11	13	20	22	10	20	19	19	18	18	18	12	18	18	19	20	8	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 NE	0.9 WNW	-	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	4	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	-	4	4	-	5	6	-	4

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