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 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	9	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	16	15	9	10	8	8	7	13	13
Energy	2587	3763	1537	2321	1511	1236	1161	887	828	792	1202	615	578	1093	1421	1294	2395	532	497	393	726	864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 2.38		1:40PM 2.41	1:55AM 2.35		3:42PM 1.83	1:12AM 1.98		2:56PM 2.30			2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85		3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73		4:02AM 1.70	4:43PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 0.59	8:24AM 0.32		7:58PM 0.65	8:15AM 0.60		7:10PM 0.42	8:52AM 0.66		9:13PM 0.77	8:08AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.58	8:49AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 0.72	10:26AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	4	37	7	3	-	-
High °C	11	11	14	17	16	13	15	14	12	13	11	12	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	13	14
Low °C	11	10	11	17	12	12	15	11	11	13	10	10	13	10	12	12	15	16	16	16	11	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	17	16	13	15	14	12	13	10	11	14	14	13	12	16	16	15	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 N	1.7 NW	1.7 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	16	15	16	10	8	8	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	-	0.4 NE	1.3 WNW	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	-	-	8	-	-	16	9	9	-	4	11	12	14	15	14	-	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	3.0 N	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	9	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Friday 01			Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	13	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1234	3037	3113	4106	3601	3418	8246	2791	1302	1224	1821	1511	1359	1275	1236	1167	1161	1108	969	887	887	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:02PM 2.43				1:19AM 2.38				1:40PM 2.41				12:36AM 2.02				1:01PM 2.01				1:12AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 0.34				8:43AM 0.29				7:58PM 0.65				6:51AM 0.29				7:10PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	14	16	17	16	14	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	9	8	10	11	13	16	17	16	13	12	11	11	13	15	15	14	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	-	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1215	2381	2111	2626	2806	3037	3013	3675	1881	2117	3999	4106	3999	3946	3601	3465	3465	3418	3371	3078	3035	3035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:02PM 2.43											12:01AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:15AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	11	11	11	8	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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