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

	Thu	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 NNW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	8	14	14	14	14
Energy	1570	1217	2111	3814	1695	2499	1511	1103	1461	838	683	720	810	229	321	308	531	354	765	605	603	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:06PM 3.15	10:22AM 3.18			10:50AM 2.74	12:24PM 2.04	10:43PM 2.97		3:23PM 2.08			2:56PM 2.30		3:05AM 2.22	3:36PM 2.22	2:24AM 1.82	3:44AM 2.13	3:03PM 1.81		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73	2:25AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		4:15AM 0.83	4:32PM 0.83	11:22PM 0.56	4:43AM 0.31			9:04AM 0.37		9:30PM 0.45	8:52AM 0.66		10:37PM 0.47	9:30AM 0.71		8:22PM 0.57	10:11AM 0.75		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57		8:15PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	11	-	-	1
High °C	15	13	11	11	14	17	15	14	15	13	11	12	11	14	14	14	13	16	14	14	15	14
Low °C	14	11	11	9	12	16	13	12	15	10	10	12	8	11	13	13	13	16	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	13	10	9	14	17	15	14	14	13	11	12	11	14	13	13	13	16	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 NNW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	8	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.3 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	12	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	4	11	10	11	8	13	11	6	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy	1236	1156	1002	1232	1202	2381	1056	3671	3237	3329	3651	3418	8413	1537	1355	3276	1086	1511	1338	1317	1103	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:06PM 3.15		4:35AM 1.54		11:48AM 2.05					1:19AM 2.38				1:40PM 2.41				12:36AM 2.02			11:25AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)									8:08PM 0.34				8:43AM 0.29				7:58PM 0.65				6:51AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	7	14	10	13	11	10	10	11	12	12	14	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	5	14	10	13	11	9	8	10	10	10	14	16	15	15	14	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 N	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	4	5	5	8	18	-	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	3.5 WSW	0.7 NW	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	14	4	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30					Friday 01
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1286	1253	1236	2391	1592	2345	1546	1800	1638	1614	2084	2084	2241	1030	1030	671	1047	2381	2381	2549	2587	960
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						11:27PM 2.03		1:44AM 2.09										11:48AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	9	15	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	8	15	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.5 N	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	14	4	4	10	5	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	15	-	-	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

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