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

	Tue		Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	1	2	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	4.0 WNW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	12	10	12	14	13	13	16	9	14	8	13	10	9	10	10	9	11	11	10
Energy(?)	752	672	395	220	482	784	712	202	556	1900	760	1130	702	187	20	2756	562	962	199	1782	2301	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:37AM 2.10		3:56PM 2.16		4:29AM 2.04	4:44PM 2.04		8:00AM 1.80		8:25PM 1.72	4:22AM 2.43			6:57AM 1.74		7:24PM 1.69	9:26AM 2.10		8:21PM 1.61	11:45AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		9:22PM 0.03	9:43AM 0.24		10:16PM 0.13	10:37AM 0.32		10:12PM 0.46		2:19PM 0.33	2:43AM 0.36	10:32AM 0.61	1:51PM 0.72	12:46AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.60	1:42AM 0.64		3:43PM 0.86	2:35AM 0.70	5:27AM 0.55	1:40PM 1.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	24	16	1	-	10	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	19	18	17	17	15	18	19	19	18	18	16	12	16	19	29	16	13	15	15	13	13	17
Low °C	18	13	17	17	12	15	18	15	17	18	15	11	15	16	25	14	9	14	15	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	14	18	19	19	18	17	15	10	16	19	29	15	11	15	13	11	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	9:43	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	8	11	12	-	12	14	13	13	16	9	10	8	5	10	-	12	10	9	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 NE	0.3 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.7 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	12	8	13	-	-	14	5	18	-	16	14	14	13	8	-	8	15	9	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 W	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.3 NE	1.0 W	4.0 WNW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.6 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	10	-	-	-	5	16	-	-	-	5	4	9	10	10	3	11	11	8

	Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07								Thursday 08								Friday 09
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	334	671	522	672	588	831	504	542	297	229	253	244	512	701	784	923	1205	1395	1557	2354	868	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:42AM 2.15					6:38PM 1.91				4:29AM 2.04				6:13PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)			9:22PM 0.03				9:49AM 0.24									10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	7	1
Temp. °C	20	21	17	15	13	13	17	15	16	16	15	15	13	12	15	18	17	18	16	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	17	15	12	12	17	15	16	16	15	14	12	12	15	18	17	18	15	16	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	11	8	14	8	9	9	13	7	13	-	-	14	20	19	18	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.9 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	3

	Tuesday 06	Wednesday 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	10	8	8	8	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	101	341	334	814	1234	643	643	523	436	460	476	194	672	588	588	588	808	831	831	101	395	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)															3:42AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)								8:39PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	-	-	12	11	11	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.4 NE	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	15	8	8	8	14	12	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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