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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	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	13	12	10	18	19	16	16	14	13	11	16	11	10	9	12	12	10	10	10	18
Energy(?)	150	482	287	484	332	698	435	996	501	555	502	516	194	143	576	315	137	419	251	36	129	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:56AM 2.08		2:34PM 1.87	11:29PM 2.07	11:12AM 2.97		12:25AM 2.12	12:47PM 2.18		12:42AM 3.40		2:18PM 2.30	2:54AM 2.22		1:11PM 3.27		6:18AM 2.03	6:38PM 1.91	2:20AM 2.91		2:40PM 3.01	3:05AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08AM 0.16			4:59AM 0.18	5:29PM 0.24		6:36AM 0.30			9:41AM 0.30		8:39PM -0.04	7:38AM 0.66		12:03AM 0.06	12:35PM 0.19		8:14PM 0.17	8:57AM 0.30		8:59PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-
High °C	15	15	17	12	17	12	15	16	18	13	16	16	15	17	17	15	16	20	15	20	19	14
Low °C	15	15	17	11	17	11	14	14	15	10	15	15	12	14	17	14	15	20	14	18	16	9
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	11	17	10	15	16	17	12	16	15	15	17	17	15	16	20	15	20	19	13
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 SW	0.3 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	13	8	12	10	12	9	16	11	14	13	11	10	11	10	9	12	14	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 S	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NE	0.1 N	0.8 W	-	0.5 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	13	21	12	18	12	11	16	-	7	13	13	12	13	12	6	10	7	-	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	1.3 S	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	1.5 WNW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	5	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	7	5	5

	Thu	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	13	14	14	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	9	10	18	18	17	11	11	11	17
Energy(?)	614	596	263	532	332	200	641	529	554	261	551	568	641	273	380	837	951	1007	511	500	516	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:12AM 1.98			10:20AM 3.10				10:54PM 3.30	1:39AM 2.55			11:20AM 3.38								11:36AM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 0.10			4:46AM 0.40				5:13PM 0.32				6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02			5:48AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	15	16	17	16	16	16	14	11	11	12	19	16	11	10	11	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	15	16	17	16	16	16	14	11	11	12	19	16	9	8	9	15	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	13	7	7	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	9	10	7	7	7	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	14	14	8	7	7	7	21	20	20	12	12	18	18	17	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 01				Friday 02
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	14	6	6	14	14	14	6	13	13	12	7	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	682	662	333	367	156	189	414	480	480	127	447	440	434	139	211	446	424	426	293	221	298	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:29PM 2.00											9:52AM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 0.10									4:11AM 0.81												4:06PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	15	18	12	13	13	19	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	15	18	10	11	11	19	16	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	6	6	7	14	14	6	13	13	12	7	6	13	13	13	7	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	14	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	14	8	8	8	14	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	7	7

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