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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	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	5	6	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	3.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 S	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	13	14	13	12	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	13	14
Energy(?)	373	3709	696	1370	808	3223	1302	174	1404	771	818	609	352	279	290	275	332	141	133	70	1446	2694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	off	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 2.30	6:20PM 2.26		5:08AM 1.81	5:31PM 1.75		5:53AM 1.70			5:08AM 2.21		10:42PM 1.55	7:06AM 1.56	6:02PM 2.01	12:54AM 1.61	12:07PM 1.53		11:10PM 2.06	11:30AM 2.04		1:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.27	12:17PM 0.62		12:43AM 0.67	11:22AM 0.50		11:45PM 0.58	12:12PM 0.62	4:33PM 0.46	11:08PM 1.31	11:26AM 0.90	4:18PM 0.58					5:49AM 0.61	6:07PM 0.54		5:30AM 0.90	6:55PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	13	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	17	11	19	15	11	18	12	11	12	21	17	15	16	16	20	19	16	23	14	13
Low °C	12	13	16	9	18	14	8	17	12	10	12	18	15	14	15	14	16	18	15	20	14	10
Chill °C (?)	12	14	17	9	18	14	10	18	10	10	12	21	17	15	16	16	20	19	16	23	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 ENE	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	14	13	12	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	7	6	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	13	6	13	11	10	8	9	-	8	8	7	8	7	8	5	9	12	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	2.3 SW	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	-	0.3 SE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 N	2.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	11	-	7	5	13	-	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	2	-	5	5	-	2	13	5

	Fri	Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	2467	1903	1871	2053	3709	4335	5073	4614	1237	788	1063	1169	1730	1694	757	711	1319	1302	1528	1396	1237	1216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88	9:32PM 1.64		3:34AM 2.50		8:07AM 1.65		2:55PM 2.27		8:36PM 1.62				9:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 0.51				10:37AM 0.38								10:27AM 0.59					1:31AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	18	13	14	9	13	15	18	12	11	10	11	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	18	13	14	6	11	15	18	11	10	8	9	8	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	14	12	-	7	6	10	10	10	-	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	-	-	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	6	13	-	3	-	-	-	12	12	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	3044	1979	2013	2013	2434	373	360	334	135	507	623	1118	1118	1430	789	301	1208	1211	2934	3218	1501	1371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													7:18AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	15	16	13	14	13	19	15	17	18	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	15	16	12	13	13	18	14	16	17	15	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	-	-	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	7	14	13	7	7	16	-	6	7	6	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	4	4	11	12	7	7

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