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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	Thu	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 NE	0.4 WSW	2.4 NW	1.2 NE	1.8 NW	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	8	11	8	8	8	11	12
Energy(?)	1326	1327	436	1062	1682	562	1464	475	287	2341	479	816	1287	254	584	952	80	673	340	447	743	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 1.99	12:03PM 3.16		12:14AM 2.65		4:47PM 1.70		5:12AM 1.78	1:10PM 2.61	3:04AM 1.85		3:18PM 1.85	2:10AM 2.45	6:38AM 1.69	2:36PM 2.42		7:24AM 1.65	4:42PM 1.71		5:22AM 1.69		8:55PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 1.02	6:08PM 0.40		9:26AM 0.76		10:55PM 0.41	11:27AM 0.48		8:51PM 0.41	7:47AM 1.10		8:03PM 0.55			1:15AM 0.49			11:05PM 0.53	11:31AM 0.66	2:41PM 0.53	3:19AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	9	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	3
High °C	18	11	14	15	16	16	11	12	14	10	17	10	9	17	14	13	17	16	16	16	21	13
Low °C	11	10	13	13	16	15	9	12	11	8	16	10	8	15	13	12	15	16	15	16	20	8
Chill °C (?)	18	10	13	14	16	15	9	12	13	7	17	9	7	16	13	11	17	15	15	15	21	11
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	0.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.8 NW	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	15	-	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.9 WSW	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	10	18	7	12	-	9	9	9	-	6	9	9	5	9	-	11	15	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	2.5 NE	1.3 N	2.4 NW	1.1 NNW	-	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	13	-	-	3	12	-	-	-	3	-	8	5	8	5	-	-	6

	Thu	Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	15	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	2233	1025	1215	1115	1165	1239	1430	1451	1336	3108	1075	3302	1332	1649	1337	1496	1365	3110	2170	2844	1745	3179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 3.14						4:07PM 1.73								4:47PM 1.70			2:24AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				5:48AM 0.40	8:49AM 0.74									10:42AM 0.44								11:42AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	14	14	10	10	10	11	14	8	12	8	15	15	15	14	10	9	8	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	13	14	14	8	8	9	10	14	6	12	6	15	14	15	13	8	7	6	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	9	14	14	15	13	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	15	10	10	10	6	-	6	-	6	10	8	10	9	13	13	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	4	-	-	-	13	12	12	6	12

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	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	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	2480	1113	1292	1292	1345	1666	1630	1595	1567	3614	928	2268	1115	1327	1407	1348	1223	539	539	490	1430	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			1:19PM 1.95			4:29PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)											5:58AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	2
High °C	19	14	15	15	17	19	18	17	14	12	12	11	14	12	17	11	10	12	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	19	14	14	14	16	19	18	17	14	10	12	9	14	12	17	10	9	11	11	11	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	-	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.3 N	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	16	9	9	9	7	-	8	-	7	10	7	10	10	18	18	18	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	13	-	13	-	4	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-

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