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 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	9	8	15	14	14	12
Energy(?)	4682	4462	4584	2690	3291	3280	3742	1152	2342	1662	1218	856	388	292	337	354	385	269	393	821	920	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:56AM 1.82	3:33PM 2.04	3:51AM 1.97			3:30AM 1.77		6:23PM 2.16		6:38AM 2.08		8:53PM 1.56	9:19AM 1.48	5:50PM 1.54		5:41AM 2.48			7:38AM 1.52		8:16PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.25	12:08PM 0.31		9:46PM 0.33	10:04AM 0.38		9:26PM 0.49	9:07AM 1.03		12:43AM 0.88		1:07PM 0.87	3:17AM 0.64			11:57PM 0.80	12:08PM 1.42	4:38PM 0.61	12:42AM 1.44		2:02PM 0.80	2:35AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	7	12	9	14	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	13
High °C	15	15	16	14	16	12	15	16	12	15	12	16	14	18	15	15	21	18	15	22	26	12
Low °C	14	15	15	13	16	11	13	16	12	14	9	16	11	15	15	14	17	16	13	18	26	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	13	16	10	14	16	10	15	10	15	14	18	15	14	21	18	15	22	26	10
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	9	8	15	14	14	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 N	1.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	11	7	11	11	-	5	12	5	5	13	10	9	8	10	9	9	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Fri	Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2193	3739	5193	5193	5016	3767	4586	1959	3826	3371	3371	3553	3286	3418	3679	3626	1429	3284	1292	4086	3759	3534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:15AM 2.06				2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			3:14PM 1.82				2:55AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31				11:17PM 0.61				12:54PM 0.41			8:51PM 0.94				9:42AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	7	3	3	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	15	20	16	17	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	9	15	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	15	20	16	17	15	13	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	7	15	13	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	7	11	11	11	7	11	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1590	1813	6350	6407	6806	3739	3389	825	5193	5193	5193	5193	4447	4177	4462	4455	1622	3767	1791	4612	4586	4563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:33AM 2.40										2:38PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.20															12:08PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	18	20	18	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	20	18	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.2 N	0.7 E	0.2 N	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	10	13	12	-	-	-	-	10	10	8	8	12	9	12	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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