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 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	4	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	0.7 S	1.6 W	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	15	14	12	12	15	8	9	12	13	15	13	16	14	12	11	11	13	12	14	7	13	16
Energy	619	540	273	2756	3933	1186	1371	3057	3871	7147	940	2214	1441	2218	2430	2097	1875	1096	350	543	4314	12189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:37PM 2.26	11:10AM 1.46			5:26AM 2.88		7:30PM 1.81	7:51AM 1.84		8:32PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.89		9:24PM 1.89	10:58AM 2.35		10:08PM 1.93	10:26AM 1.97		10:47PM 1.97	11:05AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 0.63	5:05AM 0.05	2:46PM 0.25	11:42PM 0.69	11:49AM 1.13	3:48PM 0.25	1:40AM 0.52		2:13PM 0.36	2:41AM 0.45		3:09PM 0.32		4:53AM 0.52	3:56PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.32	4:37PM 0.28		4:56AM 0.27	5:15PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	11	10	13	15	14	18	19	14	13	12	14	15	15	13	14	15	12	16	19	12	11	11
Low °C	10	9	12	14	12	13	15	13	12	12	13	14	15	10	10	13	9	11	18	7	8	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	14	12	18	19	13	11	11	14	15	14	11	13	13	9	15	19	9	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	4.0 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 W	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	15	14	12	12	-	8	10	11	-	15	13	16	14	10	11	22	13	12	14	12	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NE	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	-	14	14	12	-	-	16	-	-	12	12	-	20	18	6	17	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	-	1.4 NNE	1.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	12	15	8	9	12	13	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	5	-	6	7	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	7	8	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	9	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	16	15	14	8	14	9	9	10	12	12	12	12
Energy	619	502	550	540	523	213	631	2204	2756	6602	7194	4649	4181	1255	3568	1407	1371	1502	2970	3057	3378	4225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:11AM 2.92	8:25AM 1.77				6:19PM 1.81				8:15AM 2.21				7:30PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)								11:55AM 0.38					12:30AM 0.56				1:08PM 0.39				1:40AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	12	9	10	8	12	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	18	19	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	6	9	6	10	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	18	19	14	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.1 SE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	11	9	14	14	13	8	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	8	10	6	15	13	13	13	16	-	10	8	8	-	14	14	13	13	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	14	-	6	-	-	5	12	12	16	16	15	14	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	12	12

	Thursday 23											Friday 24
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	7	8	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 W	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	16	14	9	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	12	12
Energy	583	610	729	600	549	254	585	185	185	185	187	180	180	248	456	239	291	346	346	507	273	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					4:19PM 1.81													5:25AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)												11:16PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	9	11	11	8	6	6	6	7	8	10	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	9	9	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	13	6	6	6	6	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	10	10	12	12	10	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.6 S	0.8 SW	-	-	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	14	8	6	-	-	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	-

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