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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	677	2417	2887	2123	1270	1524	1235	449	1062	1693	435	1281	1969	1981	3947	933	1550	1505	336	828	809	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:13PM 1.96	5:21PM 1.27		12:04PM 1.96		12:23AM 1.95	12:38PM 1.97	1:23PM 1.98	1:51AM 1.98		2:00PM 1.95	3:49AM 2.23		1:13PM 3.09	1:29AM 2.53		6:10PM 1.61		6:38AM 1.69	6:54PM 1.57	2:56AM 2.35	4:31AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			11:29PM 0.28	5:58AM 0.54			6:33AM 0.55		7:40PM 0.34	9:26AM 0.76		9:42PM 0.67	7:02AM 0.49		7:23PM 0.49	7:39AM 0.55		11:05PM 0.69		1:02PM 0.54	8:49PM 0.61	10:39AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	13	20	16	19	10	13	15	15	15	11	14	14	10	11	14	9	16	15	12	17
Low °C	20	15	11	17	16	10	9	12	14	13	14	9	13	13	9	11	12	8	15	14	10	14
Chill °C (?)	20	15	12	20	16	19	9	12	14	14	13	10	12	12	7	9	12	7	15	14	12	17
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.6 N	-	-	0.4 N	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	8	9	10	18	7	10	-	9	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	3	-	13	12	12	-	-	-	4	4	6	-

	Wednesday 19					Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	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	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	15
Energy(?)	1613	2053	1773	3370	3771	3738	3258	2258	2123	1366	2504	1557	1629	1026	1224	1242	1235	1233	1533	1589	1356	3073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						11:47PM 1.94								11:48PM 3.14						4:07PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17AM 0.28		5:40PM 0.54				6:46AM 0.41								5:48AM 0.40	9:59AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	19	15	13	14	13	11	17	21	18	19	15	13	14	14	9	10	10	11	14	8
Chill °C (?)	15	20	19	15	12	13	12	9	17	21	18	19	14	13	14	14	7	8	9	10	14	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	0.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	10	14	15	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	1.5 N	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	9	-	9	8	-	-	6	-	17	8	8	8	7	10	15	10	10	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	15

	Wednesday 19																Thursday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	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	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 N	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.8 SW	2.2 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	10	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1111	1674	677	1242	2384	1433	1433	3506	3835	2304	4122	2525	602	755	655	655	1554	1823	1436	1436	2413	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	19	20	15	18	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	11	12	11	11	15	11
Chill °C (?)	11	19	20	15	18	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	16	16	11	11	11	10	15	10
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 N	3.0 WSW	1.8 N	1.8 N	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.8 SW	2.2 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	9	9	10	12	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NNW	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	-	11	11	-	-	16	-	4	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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