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

	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	3	1	0	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 N	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 W	3.0 SW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.2 W	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	12	14	10	15	16	15	14	14	7	8	7	10	16	12	10	11	10	10	12	13
Energy(?)	249	366	784	726	316	43	2262	1258	1029	965	14	1207	15	39	2513	1938	1837	596	190	1075	1270	2850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:51AM 2.37	3:45PM 2.07	3:35AM 2.57	5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83		8:02PM 2.18	6:51AM 1.71		10:23PM 1.60	6:15AM 2.49	6:45PM 2.13	1:38AM 1.32	11:45AM 1.56		10:52PM 2.12	9:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		12:56AM 0.15	12:08PM 0.50		9:26PM 0.31	11:27AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72	2:18AM 0.73		4:06PM 0.46		12:32PM 1.10		7:22PM 0.26	5:27AM 0.55	3:09PM 0.66			4:12PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	7	8	5	-	9	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	15	19	19	17	27	15	15	14	13	24	18	20	19	20	14	12	19	18	15	15	15
Low °C	16	13	15	17	16	24	15	11	12	13	20	18	19	16	18	14	10	18	17	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	19	19	17	27	13	13	14	13	24	17	19	18	20	12	9	19	18	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	9:28	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	14	10	6	4	8	10	10	6	-	7	10	16	10	10	11	10	19	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	-	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	-	0.1 NE	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	15	12	15	16	15	14	14	7	-	13	9	8	11	-	10	11	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	2.3 W	3.0 SW	-	0.4 WSW	2.2 W	-	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	8	4	7	-	12	10	-	3	10	-	14

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 W	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	13	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	14	12	8	15	14	14
Energy(?)	527	260	351	214	229	748	784	907	1326	1416	1832	2387	1083	2304	404	617	55	1722	1164	1413	1992	1667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:10PM 2.08				2:49AM 2.71	4:29AM 2.04				6:13PM 2.34												6:05AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)								10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25		9:49AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	4	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	7
Temp. °C	16	16	14	15	15	13	15	19	16	18	16	15	14	14	17	18	28	15	15	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	15	14	12	15	19	16	18	15	15	13	12	17	18	28	14	14	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	0.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 W	1.4 W	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	7	14	16	8	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	9	8	11	13	13	-	-	15	20	19	18	18	18	13	13	7	7	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.6 W	1.9 SW	2.5 W	0.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	-	12	-	-	4	12	8	4	-	-

	Wednesday 07										Thursday 08
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	0.6 N	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	495	298	281	249	344	608	608	387	387	338	338	735	223	208	229	189	48	426	156	423	784	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:46PM 0.32											10:37AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	18	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	15	14	14	12	15	14	14	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.7 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	13	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	7	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	8	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	13	13	11	9	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 W	-	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	12	10	10	5	5	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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