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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	7	8	12	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1343	3175	1940	1610	1311	889	665	1106	888	1619	1579	440	1472	333	187	680	331	902	2879	1741	1190	2060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:45AM 1.83		7:36PM 1.81	8:03AM 1.81		8:58PM 1.82	12:05PM 1.78		8:41PM 2.87	9:03AM 2.56		9:38PM 2.56	10:01AM 2.74		10:30PM 2.71	10:55AM 2.82		11:46PM 2.11	12:14PM 2.11	2:13PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 1.12		1:14PM 0.48	1:54AM 0.63		2:35PM 0.47	3:14AM 0.60	5:55AM 0.36	2:20PM 0.59	2:59AM 1.10		3:20PM 0.46	3:45AM 0.46		4:16PM 0.28		4:42AM 0.29	5:45PM 0.28		6:05AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	12	15	18	17	16	16	11	16	12	11	11	16	15	19	16	15	11	11	7	12	13
Low °C	13	9	13	17	15	15	15	9	16	12	8	10	15	11	15	15	12	9	10	6	9	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	18	17	15	16	10	16	10	10	10	15	15	19	15	13	9	9	6	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.0 S
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	10	8	12	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 SE	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	1.1 W	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	-	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	-	10	8	8	7	7	-	12	-	-	6	9	4	7	15	11	-	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	10	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	641	532	1804	3175	3326	3156	2712	2259	1564	2119	1038	1311	1018	1002	889	875	821	1111	2334	1083	1942	1345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83				5:58PM 2.31				6:28AM 2.37					8:02PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)				12:36AM 0.56								12:07AM 0.71				12:50PM 0.68					2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	12	11	10	9	12	17	17	18	16	17	16	15	16	15	17	17	15	14	14	10
Chill °C (?)	17	17	12	11	9	8	12	17	17	18	16	17	16	14	15	14	17	17	15	14	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	10	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	20	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24										Wednesday 25
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	18	9	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	501	480	1343	1418	1406	1342	1531	1670	840	604	511	600	600	709	717	746	774	1097	3539	1343	3453	2478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)						6:19PM 1.88			9:14PM 1.78								5:08AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)											11:01PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	13
Chill °C (?)	16	20	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.3 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	-
Period (s)	11	16	18	17	17	17	16	16	13	11	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	8	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.6 NNE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-

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