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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point 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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 N	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	13	17	13	14	16	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	14	13	13	7	12
Energy	393	1655	7013	4530	1606	1548	2240	2381	3553	1537	2536	1624	1068	918	937	681	569	726	394	331	107	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:04AM 2.37		3:03PM 1.78	10:01PM 2.99		2:22PM 1.87	2:39AM 1.81		3:01PM 1.86			3:42PM 1.83				7:21PM 1.58		2:20PM 1.89	2:29AM 1.85	5:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 0.50		7:25AM 0.24			8:20AM 0.25		8:27PM 0.30	8:43AM 0.29		9:09PM 0.35	8:15AM 0.60		9:52PM 0.41	5:57AM 0.91	1:08PM 0.65	1:52AM 0.62	6:33AM 0.47		8:28PM 0.58	11:19AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	18	13	10	9	15	15	10	12	10	14	16	14	13	15	13	12	14	14	13	15	16	13
Low °C	15	10	9	9	14	14	9	11	10	12	16	12	11	15	10	10	12	12	10	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	18	10	7	7	14	14	10	12	9	14	16	13	13	15	12	12	14	12	12	14	16	12
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 E	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 N	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	11	14	16	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	9	13	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	17	-	-	14	5	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.4 WNW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	3	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 01
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	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	2.5 WSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	19	18	18	18	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	16
Energy	1257	1101	1607	1555	513	865	1607	7013	6933	6216	5564	4927	3406	3647	3324	1156	1173	1229	1202	2345	2381	3324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 2.10				2:19PM 1.79				1:22AM 1.85				12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15		4:35AM 1.54		11:48AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 0.50				3:14PM 0.55	7:21PM 0.22				7:25AM 0.24				7:47PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	15	18	20	14	9	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	9	14	8	7	15	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	14	17	20	13	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	7	14	6	5	15	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	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	2.5 WSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	19	8	9	12	12	13	11	11	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	18	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	18	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	-	0.9 WNW	0.5 N	-	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	4	-	12	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	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	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 W	1.3 NW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	19	19	18	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	10	17	17	11	5	15	13	12	12	14
Energy	1314	1401	1366	1526	374	548	237	1805	1795	1739	1644	1555	2021	1665	1655	417	150	104	770	4694	4450	5296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 2.10													1:02PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)							7:00AM 0.21									3:19PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	16	17	18	17	17	13	15	16	16	15	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	10	14	14	15	14	8	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	19	7	8	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	17	12	12	18	8	15	13	-	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	13	13	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	17	17	13	15	7	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	4	4	4	4	10	5	5	11	5	5	-	12	12	14

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