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

	Sat		Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	6	7	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	8	6	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	9	12	12	15	16	16	13	13	12	21	20	13	10	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14
Energy	1168	3164	3634	5622	1459	1818	1527	823	782	3816	949	305	4326	7219	5154	2553	1544	532	861	809	2603	2907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:30PM 1.81	7:51AM 1.84		8:32PM 1.84	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86		12:33PM 1.75	12:41AM 1.86	11:42AM 2.39	1:02PM 1.86		9:47AM 3.16			4:35AM 1.54		12:01AM 2.03		12:19PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		1:40AM 0.52		2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45	5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22		6:17AM 0.21		6:23PM 0.22	5:37AM 0.50		9:33PM 0.19	3:39AM 0.87	3:57PM 0.84	10:30PM 0.50	10:46AM 0.59	3:59PM 0.26		7:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	14	13	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	12	9	13	15	13	15	17
Low °C	17	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	13	14	11	11	11	8	8	11	8	9	14	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	14	12	11	14	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	8	7	8	10	8	13	14	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 S	2.0 SSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	-	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	3.5 SW	0.1 SE	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	20	13	-	16	16	13	13	8	-	11	13	18	11	14	10	13	13	9	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.9 W	0.1 N	0.3 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	14	-	7	13	12	-	20	7	12	-	-	10	-	13	14	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	9	12	12	15	-	-	-	-	12	21	-	-	10	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	11	-

	Saturday 25			Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy	1168	1344	3376	3826	4436	4062	5929	7987	6656	6319	5046	5320	3242	3173	1244	1075	1026	1137	1016	1028	1049	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:30PM 1.81					10:35AM 1.79				9:47PM 2.25			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63	9:29PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)					1:40AM 0.52	4:22AM 0.29				4:59PM 0.20												3:32AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	1	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	12	13	13	15	14	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	13	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	13	11	13	13	15	14	11	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	13	16	24	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12

	Saturday 25											Sunday 26
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14
Energy	1173	1218	1168	1191	1262	2046	2046	2366	414	407	2847	2646	3093	730	429	424	405	524	527	4637	5029	10269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											10:10PM 1.85									7:56AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2
High °C	18	19	19	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	15	14	14	12	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	16	17	17	16	19	19	13	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.1 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	13	13	9	12	12	20	20	20	13	13	13	12	12	13	-	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	8	7	7	11	11	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	5	5	12	3	3	12	12	12	4	-	-	4	5	-	13	13	14

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