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

	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	11	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	7	7	13	7	10	10	12
Energy(?)	930	777	787	1636	1560	358	3385	1383	521	1166	1523	986	294	785	347	491	252	518	330	245	425	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:27PM 2.17	3:52AM 2.07		6:53PM 1.81		5:54AM 2.30	6:20PM 2.26	3:40AM 2.85	8:07AM 1.65			5:01AM 1.68	5:23PM 1.70	8:11PM 2.09	6:53AM 1.65		9:14PM 2.04	7:53AM 1.57		8:42PM 1.55	9:04AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:43PM 0.13	10:01AM 0.27		11:57PM 0.51	12:17PM 0.62		9:35PM 0.98		2:27PM 0.46	10:43PM 0.57	11:15AM 0.70		2:23AM 0.93		2:56PM 0.91	3:22AM 0.99		5:15PM 0.58	2:57AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	19	16	15	13	15	16	16	18	15	11	12	13	17	15	16	18	19	21	17	20
Low °C	14	19	12	15	15	12	13	15	10	17	15	10	11	12	15	13	16	16	18	20	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	19	16	13	12	14	16	15	18	14	10	11	12	17	14	16	18	19	21	17	20
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NW	1.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	-	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	7	7	13	11	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	5	17	-	12	-	15	6	7	7	10	-	-	5	11	11	6	11	12	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	3	-	11	-	12	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	7	6	6	6

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.8 W	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	508	710	978	1364	1423	1942	1412	804	204	733	724	735	1222	573	1081	1835	1699	1835	3385	3137	4527	4221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 2.89					4:49PM 2.45			2:24AM 3.14	6:32AM 1.88			3:16PM 1.96					5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			9:20AM 0.18					11:12PM 0.35								10:24PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Temp. °C	14	11	13	17	19	19	18	13	14	12	12	14	15	16	14	12	12	13	13	18	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	13	17	19	19	17	12	14	11	11	13	15	16	12	10	10	11	12	18	14	13
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	3	10	13	13	11	12	10	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	-	0.3 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	19	10	10	10	13	-	14	13	6	7	16	10	12	13	-	-	-	-	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.8 W	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	4	5	5	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	12

	Thursday 05
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	10	11	10	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	15
Energy(?)	508	599	599	633	668	710	776	372	315	1057	1192	149	466	133	777	1467	1862	1942	364	1126	323	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 2.89		3:13AM 2.15		5:47AM 1.98									2:28PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:38PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	15	16	17	17	16	17	19	17	19	19	19	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	15	16	17	17	16	17	19	17	19	19	19	19	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	10	11	10	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.4 SE	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	18	19	19	19	10	19	19	10	16	11	11	18	18	18	11	-	13	13	12	4	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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