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 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	13	13	12	10	18	19	16	16	14	13	11	16	12	10	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	560	150	482	287	578	348	681	435	1016	501	538	399	448	171	307	469	106	96	279	147	91	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:56AM 2.08		2:48PM 2.43	3:08AM 2.05	11:55AM 2.12		12:00AM 2.28	12:47PM 2.18		1:17AM 2.13		4:55PM 2.05			1:11PM 3.27	1:35AM 3.03	6:18AM 2.03	6:38PM 1.91			3:08PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)		7:32PM 0.10	8:08AM 0.16		8:44PM 0.02	5:43AM 0.35	5:33PM 0.04		6:36AM 0.30	6:51PM 0.12	7:01PM 0.23	6:51AM 0.63		11:10PM -0.01	9:00AM 0.19		7:28PM 0.06	12:35PM 0.19		12:56AM 0.15	8:29AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
High °C	15	15	15	18	12	17	12	15	15	19	13	16	16	16	17	18	16	18	16	16	19	16
Low °C	14	15	15	17	11	17	11	14	14	16	10	15	15	13	15	17	14	15	16	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	18	11	17	10	15	15	19	12	16	15	16	17	18	16	18	14	16	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	9:36	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	6	13	8	12	10	11	9	16	11	14	13	11	10	12	8	12	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.6 N	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 W	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	13	21	12	18	12	11	16	4	7	13	13	9	10	12	8	8	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 01			Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	14	9	8	13	14	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	11	10	10	18	18	17	11	11
Energy(?)	351	685	614	512	292	532	332	202	641	206	554	257	560	647	641	387	347	808	947	988	511	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					2:12AM 1.98			10:35AM 2.18				10:54PM 3.30	2:52AM 2.15			10:46AM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)			7:32PM 0.10			4:46AM 0.40				5:03PM 0.23									9:23PM -0.02			5:48AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	12	11	11	15	16	16	16	17	16	14	11	11	12	17	16	11	11	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	11	9	10	15	16	16	16	17	16	14	10	10	12	17	16	9	9	9	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	13	7	8	12	10	12	10	12	12	11	10	10	7	7	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 E	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 W	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	12	8	12	7	7	21	20	20	21	12	18	18	17	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 01										Friday 02
	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	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.3 W	0.6 N	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	15	6	8	14	11	14	6	14	13	13	6	15	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	377	697	646	491	400	534	239	124	367	72	414	132	584	552	457	189	222	569	567	446	211	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:19PM 2.09			1:56AM 2.08								9:52AM 3.04	10:17AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:08AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 NNE	1.3 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	7	6	7	6	9	9	13	6	6	8	8	13	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	14	7	8	8	8	7	15	13	13	8	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	8	8	5	-	-

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