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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	Wed		Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.3 S	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	7	10	11
Energy(?)	781	508	930	777	782	2798	1184	1061	1944	1437	1637	225	763	698	449	385	525	246	403	533	589	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 1.57	8:34AM 1.64	1:54PM 2.97	2:16AM 2.79		4:08PM 2.05		7:18AM 1.76	6:20PM 2.26		6:39AM 2.20	4:05PM 2.81	8:36PM 1.62	9:01AM 1.56	5:23PM 1.70		10:18AM 2.09		9:14PM 2.04	11:08AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 0.29			8:09PM 0.12	10:01AM 0.27		10:24PM 0.28			12:43AM 0.67			2:55AM 0.53			11:43PM 0.74	4:02AM 1.20	1:13PM 0.71	3:22AM 0.99	4:53AM 0.63	3:59PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	-	2	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	17	20	19	16	15	13	14	16	17	10	18	16	11	17	11	20	19	17	21	20
Low °C	17	11	14	19	12	15	15	11	13	16	10	10	17	14	10	17	9	18	19	15	18	20
Chill °C (?)	17	13	17	20	19	16	13	11	12	15	17	8	18	15	10	17	10	20	19	17	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 W	0.2 E	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	12	13	12	12	7	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	6	6	7	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	20	10	11	5	17	14	12	-	14	6	5	6	7	10	7	12	11	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.3 S	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	3	12	11	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	7	10	3

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 W	0.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	891	567	512	575	508	710	978	1364	1421	1581	1312	919	203	733	724	741	1348	1431	2227	1061	1386	1835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:12PM 1.57		1:37AM 2.89					4:49PM 2.45			2:24AM 3.14	6:32AM 1.88			3:16PM 1.96					5:54AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)	2:07PM 0.35						9:20AM 0.18					11:12PM 0.35								11:57PM 0.51	1:10AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	12	15	15	11	13	18	18	19	18	14	14	12	12	15	15	13	13	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	11	15	15	10	13	18	18	19	17	13	14	10	11	15	15	13	12	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	0.3 S	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 S	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	14	10	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.8 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	18	17	19	10	10	10	-	-	10	13	6	7	16	10	6	12	12	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.8 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	12	4	5	5	-	-	12	12	12	5	-

	Wednesday 04										Thursday 05
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1278	845	830	729	671	560	559	559	507	511	510	211	384	541	507	220	535	322	248	372	930	1047
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													1:46AM 3.25					6:16AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		2:07PM 0.35								10:28PM 0.22												10:47AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	17	17	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	11	11	13	14	11	11	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	17	17	13	13	12	11	13	13	12	12	10	10	13	14	10	10	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	7	7	12	12	21	21	21	10	20	20	20	18	10	10	19	20	12	18	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

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