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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	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	5	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3350	660	1843	586	2933	1183	1281	1473	1390	911	1046	1427	562	1186	242	298	2504	2658	2214	1772	552	877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:26PM 2.56	10:12AM 2.99		11:02PM 2.65	5:43AM 1.37	6:06PM 1.27		6:27AM 1.39		1:51AM 1.98	12:38PM 3.13	1:13PM 1.95	1:00AM 3.08		3:58PM 2.15			3:18PM 1.85	2:20AM 2.93		2:29PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:37AM 0.36		4:55PM 0.42		12:03PM 0.28		12:12AM 0.29	12:50PM 0.27	6:48PM 0.54	7:40PM 0.34	6:33AM 1.04			8:38AM 0.53		11:40PM 0.45	9:18AM 0.58		8:05PM 1.11	8:20AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	2	-	-	-	15	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	22	16	12	20	17	18	10	17	15	17	14	11	17	15	11	14	10	8	21	18
Low °C	16	17	20	15	11	17	16	10	10	16	14	16	14	9	14	13	7	11	10	6	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	20	22	16	11	20	17	18	9	17	14	17	12	10	17	15	9	13	8	8	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 W	0.3 E	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 NE	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	13	14	13	5	14	13	13	15	-	13	13	12	12	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	1.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	-	9	8	9	9	7	7	6	-	9	9	9	9	13	-	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	3	12	12	12	-	4	5

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.5 NW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1093	1792	1154	1455	1153	1364	1843	2224	2025	3370	3544	1371	3287	1609	2091	1202	1559	2480	2233	1025	1224	1115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 2.90	10:26PM 2.61		4:59AM 1.35						11:12PM 3.12					3:28PM 1.75			11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)								11:17AM 0.28		5:40PM 0.54				5:23AM 1.02					7:04PM 0.32			5:48AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	17	17	17	17	17	20	22	20	15	12	15	14	15	17	21	20	19	17	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	25	17	17	17	17	17	20	22	20	15	11	15	14	15	17	21	20	19	16	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.5 NW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.5 N	-	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 NNW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	8	13	16	11	11	9	9	12	12	9	-	9	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18										Wednesday 19
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 N	1.4 W	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	1.3 W	0.5 W	1.6 ENE	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	8	11	10	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	999	1866	1276	3350	5985	539	568	627	641	2037	392	1752	1528	1402	404	65	659	854	1010	835	700	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)											12:00AM 1.95											10:46AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:10AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	16	16	16	16	23	21	20	20	14	12	16	14	16	10	9	11	10	11	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	24	15	15	14	14	23	21	20	20	14	10	15	14	16	8	7	10	8	9	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	0.3 WSW	3.5 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 N	1.4 W	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.6 ENE	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	9	12	11	13	11	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	11	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.6 N	-	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	-	11	11	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

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