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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.5 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	9	10	11	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	16
Energy(?)	315	137	1972	3025	810	5950	2497	2036	2173	795	155	1627	1295	2276	1269	980	802	1252	948	433	742	4239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 3.52	12:32PM 3.48		1:34AM 2.17		5:27PM 2.00	3:15AM 2.19		5:06PM 2.44		5:46AM 2.43			8:08AM 1.93	5:36PM 1.91	8:35PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.86	6:52PM 1.86		7:41AM 1.82		10:45PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 0.42	1:01PM -0.00	7:18PM 0.15	8:36AM 0.16		8:56PM 0.01	9:30AM 0.27		11:32PM 0.35	12:03PM 0.54	1:28PM 0.27	12:33AM 0.44			2:57AM 0.25			1:19AM 0.41		1:52PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	7	4	-	2	7	-	12	7	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	17	14	15	11	10	15	12	14	23	14	14	14	13	11	15	10	10	16	15	13
Low °C	9	15	15	13	15	9	9	12	12	13	20	14	14	14	13	9	13	10	7	12	15	10
Chill °C (?)	12	16	16	13	14	9	9	14	9	14	23	12	12	14	12	10	14	6	8	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 ENE	-	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	11	13	12	7	-	12	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	-
Period (s)	18	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	8	9	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 WNW	-	1.0 W	-	1.9 NE	2.1 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	7	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	3	9	3	9	10	-	6	-	7	12	-	4	3	-

	Thu	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.6 S	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	211	251	527	599	1163	519	2843	1979	1258	3025	3045	2389	2586	2317	1140	3469	3232	2497	2221	2036	2036	1904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:07AM 3.52					1:45PM 2.28				3:49AM 2.64	5:04AM 2.17			2:36PM 2.23	5:27PM 2.00			3:20AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)				6:55AM 0.15	7:45AM 0.07	10:24AM 0.06			9:39PM 0.22					11:22AM 0.13							9:30AM 0.27	12:24PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	10	13	17	16	15	14	13	13	15	15	21	13	9	9	9	10	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	9	12	17	15	14	13	11	11	14	14	21	13	8	8	8	9	8	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NE	1.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	5	9	11	12	16	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SE	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	13	12	13	16	-	-	15	-	-	10	-	10	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 S	1.1 NW	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	1.2 W	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	7	6	7	7	18	7	7	18	8	11	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	188	215	243	230	300	160	260	332	229	357	397	200	433	153	137	160	519	1870	1948	2104	1972	837
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)							1:27AM 2.34												1:50PM 2.32			4:31PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)																10:24AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	21	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	13	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	21	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	12	14	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 S	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	8	6	13	7	12	16	16	16	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 NE	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	7	8	18	8	18	10	18	10	10	11	10	11	7	11	16	16	16	16	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	12	12	12	12	-

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