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

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	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	3	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	1.6 SW	2.0 W	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.9 NE	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 W	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	11	13	9	12	12	11	12	10	7	8	12	12	17	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1817	1008	1516	231	35	1278	811	895	717	490	290	478	182	478	297	97	466	2440	6099	3714	5649	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 1.84	5:27PM 1.85		8:21AM 2.16		10:08PM 1.69	10:37AM 1.70			7:19AM 2.74		9:11PM 1.70	12:36PM 1.58		1:11AM 2.22	8:30AM 2.52		8:47PM 2.53	9:39AM 2.44		3:26AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 0.23	11:11AM 0.62		11:47PM 0.61		1:09PM 0.53		4:20AM 0.37	4:49PM 0.38	1:05AM 1.28		1:21PM 0.76	3:24AM 0.56	6:18AM 0.41	6:51PM 0.33			2:38PM 0.77	2:59AM 0.65		4:01PM 1.24	9:20PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	2	-	-	-	7
High °C	11	13	16	11	13	18	12	17	16	14	17	17	22	20	12	11	14	15	13	19	16	17
Low °C	9	12	15	8	11	16	10	16	16	14	15	16	18	17	12	9	13	15	13	16	15	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	15	9	11	17	12	17	16	14	17	17	22	20	9	10	13	14	11	19	15	16
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	1.6 SW	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 W	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	12	13	13	16	9	12	12	11	12	10	7	14	12	12	17	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.2 N	-	0.4 NE	-	0.9 W	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	1.6 WNW	0.7 N	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	13	12	18	-	11	-	12	15	14	14	5	16	7	9	-	8	8	9	7	8	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	2.0 W	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.9 NE	1.5 W	-	1.1 W	-	1.2 NW	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	13	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	6	-	6	-	8	8	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	7	7	8	13	13	13	12	9	12
Energy(?)	1182	3296	3442	3204	1400	434	957	880	694	1185	1037	1403	2100	428	213	235	1101	1080	1066	1089	528	233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84	7:21AM 2.23				9:07PM 1.74			5:14AM 2.34								6:12AM 2.29		12:01PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		10:51PM 0.53				12:08PM 0.48	3:00PM 0.32			11:12PM 1.12						4:15PM 1.02		11:27PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	11	11	13	14	13	11	10	12	11	12	11	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	9	10	13	13	12	11	7	10	10	10	9	12	14	11	14	14	13	12	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	8	7	7	14	13	13	13	12	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 S	-	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	5	-	12	4	12	15	16	6	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	-	12	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10				Thursday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	14	12	15	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1172	2539	2631	3329	4091	518	1309	1368	1331	1031	1527	1947	405	194	125	395	1420	1425	1531	1665	1465	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:29AM 2.96				8:58AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				10:51PM 0.53				2:26AM 0.23														4:12PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	9	13	13	14	10	10	11	12	17	18	18	15	16	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	12	9	9	10	10	8	12	12	13	9	10	8	11	17	18	17	13	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 ESE	-	1.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	-	6	12	12	15	13	13	8	7	7	12	12	12	12	14	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	0.9 NE
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	4

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