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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	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 N	1.7 SW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.0 NW	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	0.7 SE	2.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.2 SW	4.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	9	7	13	10	9	7	7	6	8	12	8	13	10	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1891	713	874	439	1174	478	2411	1576	393	121	483	63	607	714	466	1056	2910	2512	1830	1581	1994	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 2.17		4:19AM 2.10	4:36PM 2.05		5:23AM 1.97	4:03PM 2.60		7:42AM 2.05		9:42PM 1.75	10:41AM 2.20	7:00PM 1.84	7:10PM 1.77	7:34AM 1.78		8:59PM 1.79	9:33AM 1.79		7:39PM 2.70	7:47AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.39		11:02PM 0.24	11:33AM 0.49		1:15AM 0.34		3:35PM 0.33	3:59AM 0.28	4:20AM 0.89		1:30AM 0.67		1:21PM 1.28	3:17AM 0.43		6:13PM 0.32	1:57AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	18	16	9	15	15	12	15	13	14	21	15	12	17	16	15	15	15	14	16
Low °C	10	15	11	17	15	7	15	14	9	12	12	13	18	14	11	16	15	12	14	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	18	15	7	13	13	11	14	10	13	21	15	11	16	15	13	15	15	14	16
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.0 E	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 NW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.7 SE	2.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 E	-	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	6	12	7	11	13	9	12	8	6	8	12	8	9	-	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.2 SW	-	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	-	12	-	10	12	11	8	7	13	8	7	14	12	13	-	9	8	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 N	1.7 SW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	-	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NW	-	-	0.5 W	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	9	7	13	10	-	7	7	5	3	-	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 09							Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 ENE	2.5 NNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	6	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2221	2036	1891	1700	1552	1321	1039	613	1042	1062	638	591	401	1135	1441	1017	1800	1261	1322	649	1119	1176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 2.23				3:36PM 2.17					5:30AM 2.25	7:04AM 2.02						3:58AM 3.03	5:17AM 1.93			3:16PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			9:30AM 0.27				9:59PM 0.12						1:42PM 0.89			10:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	-	1	1	3	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	10	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	18	16	15	16	14	14	14	7	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	18	16	15	15	13	14	14	5	13	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	6	12	8	9	10	7	7	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	-	1.9 NW	1.5 N	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.1 W	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	9	8	7	7	10	12	-	9	8	14	12	12	7	18	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	-	-	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	6	7	-	6	6	9	-	-	-	12	12	7	3	5

	Sunday 09
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2381	2221	2221	2187	2036	2036	2036	799	0	0	1884	1884	702	497	1324	495	590	445	410	1385	316	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:20AM 2.23											2:42PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)										10:34AM 0.27		12:24PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	14	8	8	13	14	12	15	14	15	15	12	13	11	14	14
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	14	6	5	12	13	10	14	13	14	15	11	12	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	-	7	10	10	10	10	13	13	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 NE	0.9 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	4	3	-	4	4	5	4	3

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