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

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.2 NNW
Period(s)	13	12	13	14	16	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	14	13	14	13	9
Energy	393	2416	7582	4642	1608	1570	1030	1941	3806	1558	2390	1488	1085	1016	772	705	690	630	399	311	59	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 2.39	1:02PM 1.86	2:40AM 1.75	9:42AM 3.01	1:58PM 1.77	2:01AM 1.83	11:43AM 2.01	2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		1:40PM 2.41		3:18AM 1.77		6:36PM 1.59	7:02AM 1.49	12:01PM 2.64	1:49AM 1.93	3:05AM 2.22	3:36PM 2.22		5:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 0.26	3:34AM 0.54		7:47PM 0.26	5:33AM 0.26		8:27PM 0.30	8:43AM 0.29		9:09PM 0.35	9:23AM 0.33	5:41PM 0.90	1:03AM 0.62			7:48PM 0.50	9:30AM 0.71		9:52PM 0.82	11:19AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	18	14	10	9	15	14	10	12	11	14	16	14	12	15	14	12	14	14	12	16	14	14
Low °C	15	10	9	9	14	14	8	11	10	12	16	11	11	15	11	10	12	12	10	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	11	7	7	14	14	10	11	10	14	16	13	12	15	14	12	14	13	11	15	13	13
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	1.3 N	1.2 N	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	17	-	14	16	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	10	13	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	-	-	14	5	14	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	10	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	12	13	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29					Thursday 30								Friday 01								Sat
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	16
Energy	1418	1549	513	714	1633	7582	7853	6216	5564	4927	3406	3647	3099	1155	1176	1210	1202	2345	1215	3037	3578	3196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:19PM 1.79								12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15		4:35AM 1.54		11:48AM 2.05	1:02PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)				3:14PM 0.55	7:21PM 0.22				7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26								7:20PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	20	14	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	9	14	7	7	14	10	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	17	20	13	6	6	7	7	6	8	8	9	7	14	5	4	14	10	12	11	10	8
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 E	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	13	11	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	18	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	15	18	-	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	0.5 N	0.7 W	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29																	Thursday 30
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 W	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	18	18	13	20	13	18	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	18	5	14	18	13	13	13	13	14
Energy	1212	1805	393	655	339	1549	2554	2411	2416	2416	4680	5283	5868	474	184	288	626	5491	3332	5535	5373	14542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				9:04AM 2.96				1:02PM 1.86											12:04AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15AM 0.25													9:38PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	14	17	18	16	17	14	10	11	10	10	14	16	16	15	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	14	14	17	17	15	16	11	6	7	6	7	13	15	15	14	8	8	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	-	1.2 S	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	10	11	13	12	17	17	17	17	-	11	11	13	14	14	6	-	15	-	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	18	13	20	18	18	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	18	7	7	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.3 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	4	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	6	5	6	-	13	13	13	13	14

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