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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.3 W	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	7	9	12
Energy(?)	267	335	137	1972	2705	706	2617	2723	1804	1915	830	367	742	1207	1375	1140	843	299	627	446	418	1034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:30AM 1.76		12:50AM 3.08		2:41PM 2.26			3:30PM 2.13		5:46AM 2.43	6:09PM 2.33	7:29PM 1.86	6:48AM 2.32			9:14AM 1.86		9:42PM 1.75	7:41AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		12:12AM -0.01	12:53PM -0.01	6:43PM 0.42		7:45AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.06	9:24AM 0.27		9:59PM 0.12	12:03PM 0.54		1:52AM 0.20		2:32PM 0.31	12:04AM 0.35		3:35PM 0.33	3:59AM 0.28		1:52PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	1	-	24	38	25	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	14	12	17	17	14	16	14	10	12	12	14	14	15	15	17	14	11	16	14	16	20	13
Low °C	14	9	15	16	13	15	9	9	11	12	14	14	14	13	14	12	10	15	12	16	19	13
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	16	13	15	12	8	10	9	13	12	14	14	16	12	9	16	13	16	20	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	18	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	7	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	-	8	12	12	12	-	-	8	-	12	7	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	-	1.7 NNE	1.5 N	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	1.9 ENE	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	12	-	-	6	-	7	4	-	6	7	-	-	3	-	-	3	7	4	12

	Thursday 06			Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	20	9	11	12	12	15	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	269	231	244	251	246	599	1051	519	2771	1212	2221	2705	2852	2125	2547	2284	1020	2997	3155	2609	2275	2117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:07AM 3.52					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17			2:36PM 2.23	5:27PM 2.00			3:20AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)						6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			8:09PM -0.07					11:22AM 0.13				11:44PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	22	13	12	10	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	15	19	14	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	21	23	22	13	11	9	12	17	15	14	13	13	11	14	14	19	14	8	7	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	12	16	15	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	7	11	20	12	13	16	-	15	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	9	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06	Friday 07
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 W	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	9	6	20	19	6	7	7	7	6	7	18	18	18	18	18	11	11
Energy(?)	326	233	228	235	196	321	275	192	58	268	352	335	334	411	327	212	104	198	214	246	1051	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																4:08AM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)						6:28PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	24	14	13	13	14	12	12	10	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	14	11	13	12	11	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	18	18	18	6	7	6	13	5	5	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	9	7	7	11	11	5	-	6	19	19	10	10	10	8	10	8	7	11	11	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	7	7	-	3	-	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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