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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.6 WNW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	14	13	13	11	6	11	8	9	14	14	11	17
Energy(?)	4471	4584	2671	2198	3282	3420	1152	1039	1616	1215	906	326	430	343	109	322	353	466	677	1187	677	2686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:33PM 2.04	3:51AM 1.97	6:39AM 1.72	3:14PM 1.82	3:30AM 1.77	5:50AM 2.19	6:23PM 2.16		6:38AM 2.08		8:53PM 1.56	4:25AM 2.38	5:10PM 2.31		10:27AM 1.47	6:29PM 2.47	7:04PM 1.51	7:38AM 1.52		7:41PM 2.51	8:15AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:46PM 0.33	12:54PM 0.41		9:26PM 0.49	12:18PM 0.77		12:43AM 0.88		2:40PM 0.58	3:17AM 0.64	10:46AM 1.05		11:22PM 1.40	4:18AM 0.66		1:17AM 0.83		2:02PM 0.80	2:00AM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	7	-	3	-	3	14	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2
High °C	15	16	14	17	11	15	15	11	15	17	17	14	17	16	13	19	19	15	24	25	16	12
Low °C	15	15	13	17	10	14	15	11	13	15	16	11	15	14	11	15	18	14	19	22	15	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	17	8	15	15	8	14	16	17	14	17	16	11	19	18	14	24	25	16	11
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SE	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 SE	1.6 WNW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	10	11	9	9	9	14	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.8 SW	0.6 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.1 S	0.1 E	1.0 W	0.4 S	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	8	-	9	11	7	11	11	14	5	10	11	5	14	10	18	7	10	11	14	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	8	5	-	-	-	6	-	8	9	-	10	-	7

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	5193	5193	5016	3767	4587	4381	3826	3371	3155	3553	3313	3419	1800	1894	1281	3284	1292	3982	3759	3534	1452	1113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:15AM 2.06				2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			2:34PM 2.76				2:55AM 2.86				3:20PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)			9:26AM 0.26	12:08PM 0.31				11:17PM 0.61				12:54PM 0.41			8:51PM 0.94				9:42AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	15	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	19	15	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	18	17	16	10	14	15	15	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	19	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	14	18	17	16	8	14	15	15	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	8	7	-	-	-	-	9	7	11	12	11	7	11	17	17	16	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	4746	5016	5193	4536	4397	4456	5084	5016	5016	5016	3817	3767	2098	2098	1796	3408	1973	4381	4384	4371	1972	1971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:15AM 2.06										1:58PM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)										10:54AM 0.53		12:08PM 0.31								8:50PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	18	19	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	18	19	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.2 N	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	9	12	12	12	9	12	7	7	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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