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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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	0	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	14	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	14	5	14	13	9	10	11	12	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1031	825	918	633	1645	1254	449	776	1633	1583	1185	2591	46	390	1739	20	1320	2090	709	753	577	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 2.28	3:09AM 2.22	4:35AM 2.53	1:26PM 3.21	1:52AM 2.96			3:35AM 3.10				4:29AM 2.96	4:52PM 2.98		5:24AM 2.84	5:51PM 2.88	7:18PM 1.80	9:19AM 2.13		8:19PM 1.75	10:12AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52PM -0.02	10:50AM 0.42		7:45PM 0.14	8:03AM 0.24	1:04PM 0.22	9:20PM 0.84	9:25AM 0.41	2:03PM 0.27	11:35PM 0.29	10:36AM 1.13		11:12PM 1.12	11:34AM 1.24		1:40AM 0.48		3:33PM 0.76	2:37AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	15	16	14	20	21	14	13	13	12	18	13	13	15	14	13	10	15	12	15
Low °C	19	19	14	13	15	11	15	19	12	13	13	11	16	12	12	14	14	12	9	15	8	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	14	16	14	20	21	14	12	11	10	18	12	11	13	13	12	9	15	10	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.9 SW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	0.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	0.3 SSE	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	11	14	10	10	12	12	13	12	10	14	9	14	13	5	10	11	12	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 N	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 N	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	15	7	12	12	-	-	9	13	14	-	15	-	15	5	16	15	16	14	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 N	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	2.0 W	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 SW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 SW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	11	11	13	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1031	997	1191	1087	874	854	828	687	2012	1669	470	2298	1382	1254	1147	1052	849	922	776	1221	1976	1192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:29PM 2.28				1:01AM 3.10	5:47AM 2.13							2:41AM 3.24					5:50PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24AM 0.19								7:55AM 0.74				8:23PM 0.70				8:48AM 0.86	10:12AM 0.32				12:15AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	19	19	22	20	16	16	16	11	13	13	16	17	14	12	11	11	15	20	21	19	15	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	22	20	16	16	16	8	13	13	15	16	14	12	10	10	15	20	21	19	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.0 SW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	11	11	13	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 WSW	0.7 NE	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	14	14	7	15	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	10	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.3 SW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Sunday 07																Monday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.7 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	14	13	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1045	1031	1031	1013	952	949	949	214	1132	1016	441	144	895	1003	1019	1027	1080	2725	1812	1700	2005	1430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:35PM 3.30					5:13PM 2.03										3:09AM 2.22	4:35AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 0.19											7:28PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-
High °C	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	23	18	17	23	19	17	17	17	17	17	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	23	17	16	23	19	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.7 SW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	14	13	10	11	11	11	11	-	8	8	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ENE	1.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	6	16	16	6	10	16	16	16	15	15	-	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	4	4	4	5	5	12	13	13	13	13

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