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

	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	3	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 WSW	0.5 S
Period(s)	13	13	12	11	19	20	8	13	14	16	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	9	10	12	16
Energy	1625	963	433	1282	1410	815	2547	7239	5093	1141	1267	2053	2087	2598	1816	3224	1138	1808	1340	1209	1029	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:02AM 1.64			8:50PM 3.01	8:59AM 2.68		1:22AM 1.85		2:07PM 2.40	12:42AM 2.39	11:48AM 2.05	2:04PM 2.13	1:19AM 2.38		3:01PM 1.86	11:14PM 2.68	11:26AM 2.97			4:17AM 1.62	4:23PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		7:49PM 0.32	6:02AM 0.24	4:01PM 0.29	2:59AM 0.93		2:45PM 0.33	7:06PM 0.23	7:25AM 0.24		6:41PM 0.54	5:39AM 0.25		7:20PM 0.59	7:37AM 0.55			5:18AM 0.53	5:35PM 0.37	9:52PM 0.41	10:26AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	15	15	14	14	11	10	10	15	15	14	17	16	15	17	14	15	18	14	15	17
Low °C	16	12	13	14	12	14	10	8	8	14	14	10	16	15	14	16	13	13	16	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	13	14	14	12	13	7	7	9	14	15	13	17	16	15	16	13	14	18	13	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	3.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.9 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	21	7	11	17	-	14	16	14	13	14	14	17	14	13	13	9	10	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.4 S	-	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	8	-	13	20	12	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	-	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	5	11	-	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	8	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	22	11	20	19	19	18	9	18	18	18	13	13	13	14
Energy	1026	1009	1481	1028	508	603	622	859	872	683	1975	1410	1276	1397	1919	1619	825	666	950	7239	7101	5803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 1.57			9:29PM 1.93			7:48AM 2.77		12:18PM 1.85			10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10								1:37AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					2:14AM 1.03									5:37AM 0.50				3:14PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	15	13	11	13	14	15	15	14	13	12	11	14	16	17	14	14	14	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	16	12	14	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	12	11	9	12	15	16	14	13	13	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	1.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	22	22	21	20	7	19	10	12	12	18	18	13	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	16	18	18	18	15	8	7	7	13	10	18	18	18	13	13	18	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.4 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	20	-	-	8	9	5	11	8	-	13	13	-

	Monday 27											Tuesday 28
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	8	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	8	12
Energy	1090	1339	1345	1379	830	1106	1199	1069	1481	219	536	1028	262	883	739	460	834	606	560	443	73	433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:37PM 1.57									10:37PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	18	14	15	14	16	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	14	14	14	15	14	16	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	13	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	9	8	12	9	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	18	13	13	9	9	13	12	16	12	16	16	8	18	18	18	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.2 W	-	0.8 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	4	8	8	7	-	-	-	5	-	5

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