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 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	9	9	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.6 S	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	15	16	15	14	13	8	11	19	18	17	13	14	15	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13
Energy	7668	6965	1459	2104	849	1094	98	1249	1467	1401	332	5253	5318	6730	2688	1606	2357	1526	2445	2053	1821	1336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:31PM 2.27	11:30AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.86		2:30PM 1.32	8:50PM 3.01	9:09AM 3.12	3:23PM 1.56		9:11AM 2.91		10:06PM 3.15	10:14AM 2.75		2:39AM 1.81	3:03AM 2.37	12:19PM 2.01	12:31AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 0.20		5:15AM 0.26	5:36PM 0.22		6:02AM 0.24		2:59AM 0.93			9:38PM 0.44	3:03AM 0.39	3:57PM 0.84		4:07AM 0.32	4:26PM 0.29	8:27PM 0.30	9:16AM 0.90		6:28PM 0.35	6:51AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	15	10	9	11	8	12	12	11	13	16	14	14
Low °C	12	11	12	13	14	13	14	14	11	12	10	9	9	9	7	8	11	10	12	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	13	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	13	6	7	10	6	12	12	11	12	16	13	13
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	4.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	4.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	16	15	14	13	8	21	11	13	12	11	14	15	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	13	8	15	19	18	17	-	-	10	-	9	-	17	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	0.6 W	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26					Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	9	7	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	20	19
Energy	10102	6809	3184	6040	5046	3898	3062	3175	1244	1075	1299	1025	1016	608	508	603	698	1316	748	1443	1008	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:51AM 1.84	10:51AM 1.71				11:06PM 1.86			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63				8:17AM 2.59		12:42PM 2.35			10:13PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)				4:45PM 0.23											2:14AM 1.03					3:56PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	9	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	15	16	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	15	16	14	12	13	12	12	14	13	14	13	11	10
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 W
Period (s)	15	14	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	13	13	18	18	17	22	22	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	7	-

	Sunday 26																	Monday 27
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	9	7	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	7424	4504	7668	6113	15576	16333	16189	471	503	503	586	495	513	1373	1352	1153	2388	3898	1826	664	664	2380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:35AM 1.79								6:32PM 2.52	7:09PM 2.85				11:06PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:41AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	18	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	18	13	13	14	12	11	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	14	-	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	11	16	14	14	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	5	15	14	14	17	-	-	-	14	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	13	14	14	15	15	6	-	-	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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