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

	Wed	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14
	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	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Rabbit Island Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	1	0	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.7 SW	1.3 NW	3.0 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	6	7	6	10	10	12	10	7	10	10	12	13	14
Energy(?)	683	784	1102	840	616	3093	1265	1479	269	115	1102	8	45	823	1851	1735	422	226	960	1053	1817	2030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 2.79		5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83		9:23PM 1.64	10:12AM 2.17			11:10AM 2.14	6:45PM 2.13		8:46AM 1.63		7:41PM 2.17	8:14AM 2.21		1:07AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	11:46PM 0.32	8:57AM 0.30		12:36AM 0.45	11:27AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52	1:51PM 0.72	3:38AM 0.45		4:24PM 0.42	12:41AM 0.75	4:50AM 1.13		12:42AM 0.88		3:16PM 0.66	1:55AM 0.87		3:15PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	55	3	-	43	22	7	-	13	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	1
High °C	15	19	16	16	18	15	13	16	18	19	18	22	11	16	16	14	17	18	14	16	13	11
Low °C	13	15	15	14	17	15	12	15	18	14	18	17	10	14	16	12	16	17	13	13	11	9
Chill °C (?)	14	19	16	16	18	13	12	15	18	19	17	22	8	15	15	14	17	18	12	16	13	9
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.7 NNW	0.5 W	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.0 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.4 W	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	12	14	13	13	-	15	3	14	5	14	6	10	10	10	8	7	-	12	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.3 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	8	12	18	-	12	15	10	12	-	13	9	15	11	11	8	-	-	18	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	-	2.5 WSW	-	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	3.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	3	4	-	16	-	14	9	6	7	4	6	10	12	10	6	10	10	5	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	2.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	13	7	8	15	12	12	14	14
Energy(?)	301	232	229	748	784	907	1326	1371	646	947	1577	1060	1700	389	1135	533	1035	1218	1044	1008	1679	1183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:49AM 2.71	5:51AM 2.37				4:44PM 2.04												4:22AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)						10:37AM 0.32					2:15AM 0.81							11:53PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	24	9
Temp. °C	15	15	15	14	15	19	16	18	16	17	16	14	16	18	19	19	15	12	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	15	19	16	18	15	16	15	13	16	17	19	19	15	11	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	18	17	13	7	8	8	12	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	-	-	15	20	19	8	18	5	14	12	6	13	15	15	16	15	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 W	1.0 SW	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	2.2 NW	-
Period (s)	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	12	12	12	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	-

	Wednesday 07				Thursday 08
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	13	11	11	15	12	10	10	12	14
Energy(?)	359	216	216	732	674	683	692	750	277	182	119	41	475	149	223	179	298	907	205	201	618	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					3:55PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41PM 0.16													9:04AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	18	19	20	19	17	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	18	19	20	19	16	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	9	10	13	11	11	12	12	10	10	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	13	13	-	-	-	-	7	13	5	9	10	13	9	13	4	15	-	14	14	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	4	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4

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