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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nicks Point Southland	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	11	11	6	12	12	14	14
Energy(?)	972	4682	4472	4584	1959	2198	3091	3374	1152	1604	1629	1205	830	388	265	208	361	131	402	431	391	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:15PM 2.46	3:10AM 2.03	5:56AM 1.82	6:18PM 1.80	3:51AM 1.97		4:12PM 1.92	7:04PM 1.71		3:20PM 2.77		6:38AM 2.08		7:18PM 2.06	4:30AM 2.58			6:16AM 1.52	6:20PM 1.95	11:05PM 1.56	11:28AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		9:03PM 0.20	12:08PM 0.31		9:46PM 0.33	10:04AM 0.38		1:22AM 0.48	9:42AM 0.55		12:43AM 0.88		1:07PM 0.87	1:34AM 0.96	10:51AM 1.34	3:40PM 0.62	11:17PM 1.11	12:43PM 0.81			5:15AM 0.63	2:02PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	4	9	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	15	15	16	17	12	15	16	17	15	13	16	14	17	18	14	18	20	15	21	21
Low °C	17	14	15	15	16	17	10	14	15	17	15	9	16	12	14	17	12	18	18	14	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	14	14	14	16	17	10	15	16	17	15	12	15	14	17	18	13	18	20	15	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.1 W	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	11	6	6	12	8	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	1.3 NW	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	1.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	-	8	-	11	11	7	11	11	11	10	12	11	5	8	9	11	10	10	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	-	-	7	-	-	9

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1084	1479	2193	3739	5193	5193	5016	3767	4586	1959	3826	3371	3371	3504	1885	3413	1976	3626	1602	3189	3056	4086
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:15AM 2.06				2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			2:34PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)				11:47PM 0.25			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31				11:17PM 0.61			8:29AM 0.87	12:54PM 0.41			8:56PM 0.47		1:22AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	1	1	7	-	5	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	20	16	16	14	14	14	14	17	15	17	16	16	10	9	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	20	16	16	14	14	14	14	17	15	16	16	16	8	7	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 E	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 N
Period (s)	15	-	10	10	-	-	-	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	11	9	11	11	12	7	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	12	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

	Friday 06										Saturday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	3.0 SW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	12	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1082	360	972	1096	5060	3761	3761	1813	2307	441	6806	4682	4746	5016	825	4315	1007	4450	1019	4177	4123	4449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	19	18	21	20	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	15	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	21	20	15	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	3.0 SW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	-	-	15	14	12	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.2 N	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.8 E	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.9 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 NW
Period (s)	11	-	10	10	-	-	-	10	13	15	-	-	-	-	12	10	12	12	9	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 NE	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	6	5	5	14	14	14	6	3	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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