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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	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NE	0.9 WNW	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	5	8	8
Energy(?)	212	1783	958	330	4435	1423	849	2117	1224	378	1261	645	677	302	373	241	319	640	165	126	166	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.81	3:11AM 1.98	7:18AM 1.76	4:45PM 1.88		6:39AM 2.20		7:12PM 2.17	5:53AM 1.70	6:23PM 1.64		10:18AM 2.09			6:02AM 2.25		7:37PM 1.63	6:41AM 2.35		12:38AM 1.64	11:30AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	12:47PM 0.27		9:05PM 0.28			12:43AM 0.67		1:05PM 0.75	1:31AM 0.82	12:12PM 0.62		12:38AM 0.72	4:02AM 1.20	4:18PM 0.58	11:56PM 0.95	12:20PM 1.06	5:15PM 0.58	1:50AM 0.81		1:19PM 1.07		5:30AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	1	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	32	11
High °C	15	15	14	14	19	13	18	12	10	12	12	11	11	22	17	21	16	16	23	25	17	17
Low °C	14	14	13	13	16	9	17	12	7	11	12	9	11	21	15	18	16	16	17	25	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	13	19	11	17	10	9	11	10	10	10	22	17	21	16	16	23	25	17	17
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	1.8 W	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.2 N	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 W
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 N	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	-	12	-	6	6	13	-	10	-	9	-	9	10	7	7	8	10	7	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	12	6	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	7	4	5	-	-

	Friday 06					Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Mon
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	723	703	535	1216	2467	1903	1866	1977	1120	3941	4583	4551	2959	1423	1051	1049	1034	691	419	1042	1319	1069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:51PM 2.10	6:53PM 1.81				5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88	8:04PM 2.28		3:34AM 2.50		8:07AM 1.65		3:10PM 2.84		8:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47PM 0.27				11:57PM 0.51				10:37AM 0.38								10:17AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	16	11	15	14	12	15	19	17	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	14	13	15	9	15	14	10	15	19	17	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	6	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	7	7	15	7	12	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	7	6	14	13	11	7	14	13	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.8 SW	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	13	6	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-

	Friday 06																Saturday 07
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.3 N	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	10	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	731	718	212	713	255	1560	1560	1684	1291	337	441	437	288	1039	549	458	1090	435	38	527	1326	1835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										4:03PM 2.02			7:17PM 2.36							2:27AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	15	12	17	15	15	15	15	17	16	15	13	13	16	16	11	14	17	17	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	15	11	16	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	13	12	16	16	10	14	15	16	11	11
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.3 N	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	-	-	-	7	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	10	13	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	7	15	7	-	-	-	-	14	-	13	13	6	7	14	14	6	11	12	13	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 WNW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	5	6	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-

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