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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	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	3	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 W	2.1 W	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	16	15	14	15	6	8	11	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	16	15	10	14
Energy(?)	817	664	284	5	1807	1299	1086	1104	129	1191	3016	1126	1643	182	838	1238	175	1136	1625	1041	367	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 2.04		6:39AM 2.28			8:54AM 1.70			5:33AM 1.79	4:30PM 2.68		7:47AM 1.65			7:12AM 2.19		9:29PM 1.65	11:13AM 2.10		1:07AM 1.67	9:00AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:37AM 0.32		12:36AM 0.45	12:59PM 0.61		11:47PM 0.40		3:33PM 0.36	11:38PM 0.61	11:46AM 0.66		12:02AM 0.75		2:08PM 0.65	12:53AM 0.85		3:16PM 0.66	3:43AM 0.72	5:05AM 0.93	5:34PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	51	-	-	6	30	1	-	23	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	47	11
High °C	19	17	16	23	19	15	16	19	19	18	15	13	14	16	13	15	17	14	13	14	17	18
Low °C	16	17	14	23	18	11	11	19	14	18	15	10	12	15	10	13	15	12	13	13	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	23	18	14	16	19	19	17	15	12	12	15	11	14	17	14	13	14	16	18
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	0.8 NNW	0.6 W	3.5 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	-	0.4 W	2.1 W	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	14	13	4	16	8	10	15	5	13	11	9	9	-	14	9	10	10	16	15	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 NW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	15	12	13	-	15	14	12	12	-	12	8	12	-	-	13	10	19	16	7	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	3.0 NW	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 W	1.5 W	0.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	16	-	-	-	6	8	-	10	9	8	9	9	3	10	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 08					Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 W	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.2 NW	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	12	6	12	7	8	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	817	907	1326	1505	1447	2984	862	587	335	401	142	1362	1078	1074	1061	1008	1086	1261	1102	1429	841	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:13PM 2.34							2:57PM 3.08	4:02PM 2.53				4:22AM 2.43					9:23PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25			10:04AM 0.44				11:47PM 0.40				12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72			10:50PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	6	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	17	18	16	16	15	15	16	17	24	19	15	12	16	16	12	16	19	19	21	17
Chill °C (?)	16	19	17	18	15	16	14	15	16	17	24	19	15	11	16	16	11	16	19	19	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.9 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	6	7	12	5	12	8	9	12	12	10	14	7	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 NE	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	15	20	19	18	18	12	12	6	13	17	15	15	16	15	14	-	14	9	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	-	1.1 W	1.2 NW	-	2.5 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	12	5	12	-	7	6	-	7	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 08																Friday 09
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.2 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	14	10	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	811	777	817	940	940	295	658	94	186	187	20	386	314	291	261	297	2463	2427	2246	2139	862	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:45PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)							1:27PM 0.26								9:26PM 0.31		11:04PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	16	17	18	20	19	19	16	17	20	18	17	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	16	17	18	20	19	19	16	17	20	18	16	15	16	17	14	14	13	13	14	15
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 NNE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	10	3	10	13	13	10	10	18	18	18	18	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	6	15	8	9	13	12	14	14	20	13	14	14	19	-	-	-	18	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	8	8	4	4	12	12	12	12	5	-

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