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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	9	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2123	1270	1604	1327	1067	1062	1819	562	1364	290	275	2538	1149	1781	799	257	863	859	1143	419	650	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 1.96		1:14AM 1.99		1:23PM 1.98	3:10AM 2.28	4:54AM 2.29		12:51AM 2.60		5:28PM 1.66		5:54AM 1.74	1:54PM 2.49	2:12AM 2.43		2:36PM 2.93				7:41PM 1.54	8:12AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 0.32	8:49AM 0.74		9:05PM 0.66	11:05AM 1.06	6:47PM 1.04		7:01AM 0.48		10:22PM 0.68	12:14PM 0.52		8:05PM 0.55	8:20AM 0.62		11:52PM 0.69	9:05AM 0.68	1:51PM 0.55	2:05AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	19	12	16	15	15	16	10	16	14	10	10	10	8	18	13	13	15	16	15	25
Low °C	17	16	12	10	16	14	13	15	9	14	14	6	10	9	6	15	13	13	15	16	14	21
Chill °C (?)	20	16	19	11	16	15	14	15	9	16	13	7	7	7	7	18	12	12	15	16	15	25
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	-	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	-	13	13	12	9	12	12	11	12	11	10	9	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	9	10	7	7	10	-	9	9	9	-	9	9	-	9	9	11	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.2 NE	2.3 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	6	-	3

	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	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	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3287	2258	2123	1330	2553	1412	1009	1025	1215	1115	1327	1098	1430	1356	1356	1062	1077	3302	1350	1771	1756	1392
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	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								11:48PM 3.14								12:14AM 2.65						4:47PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:46AM 0.41								5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41			6:15PM 0.39						10:42AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	17	21	18	20	18	13	14	14	12	11	10	17	14	14	12	9	15	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	17	21	18	20	18	13	14	14	11	9	9	17	14	14	12	7	15	14	14	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	1.9 W	1.2 ENE	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	-	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	0.7 ENE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	14	9	13	13	14	14	-	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	-	18	-	17	15	8	8	7	10	15	10	6	6	7	6	-	6	10	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	2.1 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	14	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	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	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	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	0.9 SW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.9 W	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3613	2653	2433	1428	2258	1407	507	1522	1879	1879	1309	1330	1452	1954	1821	1457	1121	2480	1293	1806	1797	1666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:39PM 1.00				9:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	15	15	21	21	22	17	17	15	16	20	15	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	10	9	10	12	15	14	14	21	21	22	16	16	13	16	20	14	20	19	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	1.0 ENE	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.9 W	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.6 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.2 ENE	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	-	-	12	-	12	15	8	8	8	9	18	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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