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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	9	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.2 SW	1.8 W	1.1 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	5.0 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	15	13	8	12	11	20	20	12	14	7	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1519	1214	393	608	1249	1364	634	216	9008	556	3368	1403	1995	2082	2723	2329	1997	1649	1157	953	372	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:30AM 1.82	1:39PM 1.33	8:04PM 2.92	8:26AM 3.06	2:32PM 1.56	2:54AM 1.60	8:32AM 2.85		9:30PM 3.09	9:38AM 2.72		2:26AM 2.38			11:57PM 2.00		2:43PM 2.11	1:55AM 2.35	3:18AM 1.77	3:42PM 1.83	11:40PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)			2:14AM 1.03			8:44PM 0.38		5:59PM 0.50		3:29AM 0.36	5:15PM 0.28	8:20PM 0.88	8:04AM 0.26	5:52PM 0.31		6:15AM 0.26		7:58PM 0.65	9:23AM 0.33			5:52AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	14	14	15	13	15	19	11	12	13	15	13	16	15	15	18	15	15	18	13	16
Low °C	13	16	12	13	14	12	13	11	9	12	10	14	11	16	13	13	17	12	13	17	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	18	13	13	14	12	14	19	8	10	12	15	12	16	14	14	18	14	15	18	13	15
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	5.0 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	13	9	12	21	10	11	12	14	12	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	12	8	15	20	20	17	-	10	10	12	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	6	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.8 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	7	8	4	11	-	-	2	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Monday 27							Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 W	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s)	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	22	11	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Energy	3062	3175	1244	1075	1026	1009	1016	1028	508	603	1171	746	871	1354	1020	1130	1297	1429	1633	1555	733	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63	10:37PM 2.29					12:18PM 1.85			10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)									2:14AM 1.03					3:56PM 0.29				5:37AM 0.50	6:45AM 0.23			3:14PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	15	16	13	13	14	12	13	13	15	14	15	13	12	11	14	15	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	15	16	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	13	15	12	11	9	12	14	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	8	8	22	7	14	7	19	10	12	12	18	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	-	13	16	18	18	12	22	7	20	20	19	10	18	18	18	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	-	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	7	-	4	8	4	5	11	6

	Monday 27
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	13	14	14	11	10	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	3709	2318	1441	1386	2330	2576	1935	2026	1244	1637	515	591	1277	313	253	1183	513	1115	1119	1155	969	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 1.44					6:56AM 2.69					11:54AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)																3:14PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	18	18	18	16	16	17	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	11	12	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	18	18	17	14	15	16	15	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	13	14	14	11	10	13	10	10	13	9	13	9	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SSW	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	14	14	16	-	14	-	14	15	13	14	10	13	13	-	13	18	18	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	0.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	7	7	7	4	7	13	13	-	-

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