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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	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	14	13	15	16	9	14	14	13	14	7	13	16	12	11	9	11	10	18
Energy(?)	288	220	366	784	698	195	34	3330	1286	846	952	137	20	15	25	760	2036	1910	189	744	717	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:22PM 2.42		7:08AM 1.92	3:45PM 2.07	3:35AM 2.57	5:11AM 1.90	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83	6:27PM 1.78	8:02PM 2.18	8:28AM 2.13		10:23PM 1.60	11:09AM 1.50					9:24PM 1.62	11:13AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			11:46PM 0.32			9:26PM 0.31	11:20AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52		2:18AM 0.73		2:46PM 0.81		4:52AM 0.47	5:16PM 0.45	1:05AM 1.40	7:51AM 0.31	5:49PM 0.51	3:35AM 0.72	5:05AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	7	6	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	17	15	19	18	17	26	15	14	13	14	18	27	20	19	21	15	12	16	17	15	15
Low °C	17	17	13	15	18	15	24	15	11	11	14	14	24	19	16	19	15	9	14	17	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	16	14	19	18	17	26	13	12	13	14	18	27	19	18	21	14	9	16	17	15	15
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WNW	-	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	10	12	14	13	6	-	9	14	10	13	7	7	10	16	10	-	9	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	-	-	15	5	15	-	15	10	14	11	7	13	9	7	11	-	11	9	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 NE	3.0 NNE	1.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	-	-	-	2	16	-	-	-	4	8	4	7	-	12	11	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07					Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 SW	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	13	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	10	8	9
Energy(?)	504	242	327	299	244	244	768	770	784	907	1326	1416	1446	1002	2665	537	240	403	48	1541	1458	1286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:38PM 1.91				4:29AM 2.04				6:13PM 2.34					8:19AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	9:49AM 0.24	11:19AM 0.39			9:16PM 0.28					10:37AM 0.32				12:36AM 0.45	1:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	16	16	15	13	13	15	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	18	27	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	16	16	14	12	12	15	19	18	18	15	14	14	14	12	18	27	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	13	13	-	13	-	-	15	20	19	18	18	5	6	6	6	7	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	0.3 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 W	0.5 W	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	-	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	9	13	12	12	6	7	3	10	8	-

	Wednesday 07																Thursday 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	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 SW	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	14	12	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	831	461	288	395	243	209	196	1029	632	620	620	679	622	413	253	23	34	192	68	184	768	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:56PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	15	16	17	19	18	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	17	15	16	16	19	18	19	18	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	12	13
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	9	9	11	8	10	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	8	14	13	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	11	11	13	12	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

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