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

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shag Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	9	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	5.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	13	11	14	16	17	14	14	13	12	8	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	14	18	12	12	13
Energy	1190	2003	608	16504	6879	5205	1980	1380	1118	1351	4545	5703	5449	5222	8004	5123	3658	1279	1183	1509	1063	1507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 2.91		1:57AM 1.90			11:30PM 2.17	11:26AM 3.45		11:43PM 3.38		12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24	4:41AM 2.03	5:53PM 1.97		7:14AM 1.75		8:31PM 1.74	3:45AM 2.08	4:30PM 2.01		7:35AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.22	8:25PM 0.08	8:46AM 0.65	4:41PM 0.11		5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61		6:02AM 0.52		7:48PM 0.19	10:59AM -0.00		11:35PM 0.14		1:25PM 0.02	2:55AM 0.01	10:08AM 0.16		10:39PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	5	4	-	3	-	-	-	1	17	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	13	45	1
High °C	14	12	13	10	12	11	10	11	11	9	11	6	10	9	7	9	10	12	12	12	12	10
Low °C	14	11	11	10	12	9	8	10	9	8	8	4	8	9	6	7	9	10	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	9	11	7	11	10	10	11	8	7	10	3	7	6	5	7	10	11	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:33	-	-	8:26
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	0.1 W	4.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	-	2.1 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	14	17	17	14	14	13	12	22	12	12	-	12	15	16	16	14	13	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 NE	-	1.6 WSW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	1.3 W	0.7 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	18	15	5	-	17	9	-	-	-	-	20	12	-	15	-	-	-	6	18	9	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	12	12	12	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	9	9	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	11	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	1190	1168	2003	1421	1797	608	8983	17230	16504	3378	6879	6560	5484	5205	3071	3574	1980	1608	1380	1087	1556	1118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:28AM 2.91					1:56AM 2.01							11:30PM 2.17				11:26AM 3.45				11:43PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)					7:47PM 0.13				8:46AM 0.65			5:18PM 0.28				5:43AM 0.21				5:36PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	9	8	10	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	9	11	8	9	8	7	7	7	11	12	10	9	10	7	6	10	11	10	10	7
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	15	14	14	14	17	17	16	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	18	15	5	11	5	-	-	-	-	17	8	8	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	14	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14																	Monday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	9	9	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	15	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1162	1284	1190	1189	1177	1168	1162	1092	2003	1050	1480	1421	1647	1398	1797	2017	658	608	608	11467	8983	8983
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	11	11	13	12	13	14	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	9	9	12	11	11	14	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	15	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.0 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	4	5	5	6	11	11	5	5	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	5.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	4	4	6	-	-	14	14	14

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