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			Tuesday 13
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Possums Reef Otago	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	4.0 WNW	0.6 NE	2.4 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	12	14	13	11	16	9	14	14	4	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	672	99	275	482	784	688	283	362	2003	1717	1175	1050	36	54	3790	92	1092	2011	1751	213	770	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 2.10		3:56PM 2.16		5:51AM 2.37	6:13PM 2.34		8:00AM 1.80	4:32PM 1.95	7:06PM 2.25	4:22AM 2.43	6:27PM 1.78		6:57AM 1.74		7:24PM 1.69	10:48AM 1.57		11:23PM 1.59	11:45AM 1.56		7:49PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)		9:49AM 0.24		10:16PM 0.13	12:08PM 0.50		10:58PM 0.26			1:27AM 0.60	10:32AM 0.61		12:46AM 0.54		1:15PM 0.60	1:42AM 0.64	4:33AM 0.52	3:43PM 0.86		5:27AM 0.55	6:19PM 1.15	2:03AM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	7	3	-	2	11	1	1	-	12	10	8	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	15	18	18	19	17	18	14	12	14	19	28	14	22	13	16	13	18	17	14
Low °C	13	18	17	12	14	17	14	16	18	10	11	14	13	25	14	12	11	15	10	15	17	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	14	18	18	19	17	17	12	12	14	19	28	13	22	13	15	10	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	-	12	14	13	11	16	9	10	10	13	8	12	10	9	12	9	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 N	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 NW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	-	-	15	5	13	-	15	14	14	8	6	-	8	15	11	-	11	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	1.7 W	-	-	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	4.0 WNW	1.6 N	2.4 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	16	8	-	-	4	7	11	8	10	10	10	-	-	5

	Tue	Wednesday 07								Thursday 08								Friday 09
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	0.6 N	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	13	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	17	13
Energy(?)	522	672	568	831	508	217	971	268	244	301	233	748	784	923	1146	1395	1021	668	2692	1499	355	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:42AM 2.15				3:50PM 2.12	6:38PM 1.91			2:49AM 2.71	4:29AM 2.04				4:44PM 2.04	7:30PM 1.82				8:23AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22PM 0.03					11:19AM 0.39			9:16PM 0.28	11:46PM 0.32				10:37AM 0.32				12:36AM 0.45	1:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	-	3
Temp. °C	17	15	13	13	16	18	19	16	15	14	15	12	14	18	18	16	18	15	15	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	15	12	12	16	18	19	16	15	13	14	11	14	18	18	16	18	14	14	12	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 W	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 W	1.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	9	12	18	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 NE	1.0 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	12	8	11	8	8	11	9	13	8	13	13	-	-	14	20	5	13	18	6	17	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	2.0 W	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	12	12	7	6

	Tuesday 06				Wednesday 07
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 N	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	12	8	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	587	653	653	653	966	307	126	492	285	387	185	831	831	404	404	404	308	217	302	297	59	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 0.02												9:49AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	20	18	18	17	15	15	14	15	12	13	14	13	13	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	17	15	15	14	15	12	12	13	12	12	14	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 N	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	8	8	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NE	0.7 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	8	12	12	14	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3

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