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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	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	All Day Bay Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	2	2	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.3 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	0.8 SW	3.0 W	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	6	8	11	8	9	8	11	10	10	10	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	817	718	202	587	2261	621	821	250	170	1526	3639	16	1758	192	823	141	1575	437	879	523	2064	2560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:13PM 2.34		5:17AM 1.93		7:06PM 2.25	7:32AM 2.19	6:21PM 1.75	9:23PM 1.64	5:58AM 1.70		10:45PM 1.52	6:18AM 2.16	6:45PM 2.13	8:21PM 1.61	10:21AM 2.09		7:41PM 2.17	12:17PM 1.80		11:43PM 2.14	12:02PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)			11:04PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		1:27AM 0.60			3:38AM 0.45	12:11PM 0.73	4:24PM 0.42		12:31PM 0.83		2:35AM 0.70	4:07AM 0.91	3:16PM 0.66	1:55AM 0.87	5:59AM 0.64	6:37PM 0.49		6:01AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	3	-	10	18	4	-	19	21	19	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	16	18	16	14	18	20	19	18	18	13	14	16	15	16	16	14	12	12	12	12
Low °C	16	16	15	17	15	11	16	19	14	16	17	10	11	15	12	15	16	12	11	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	16	18	14	12	17	20	19	17	17	11	12	15	14	16	16	14	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSW	0.3 SW	1.6 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	16	6	15	14	5	14	12	8	9	11	11	10	10	10	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.9 SW	0.7 NE	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 W	1.1 NW	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	15	5	18	10	15	13	10	12	-	-	15	10	16	10	12	11	8	8	7	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	-	2.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	16	5	14	9	6	8	11	5	9	8	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 08							Friday 09								Saturday 10
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	1.5 SW	1.9 W	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	6	13	12	8	15	14	12	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	229	748	817	907	1326	1371	1507	3641	861	1424	204	211	976	1256	1221	1401	1826	1008	522	843	1084	1610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 2.71	5:51AM 2.37				6:13PM 2.34				4:21AM 1.86	8:19AM 1.71			4:02PM 2.53				4:22AM 2.43	8:32AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				10:37AM 0.32				10:58PM 0.26	1:49AM 0.25												1:51PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	19	9	-	1
Temp. °C	15	13	15	19	16	17	16	16	15	16	14	19	19	19	15	13	11	16	12	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	15	19	16	16	15	16	14	16	13	19	19	19	14	12	9	15	10	15	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 SW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	18	12	12	13	12	9	15	14	12	10	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	-	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	6	-	15	20	19	18	18	14	6	6	6	17	15	15	-	15	15	10	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	2.5 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	6	13	6	6	-	-	8	4	-	-	3	-	2	-

	Thursday 08
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	10	13	13	10	10	14	14	13	10	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	232	502	510	530	726	748	811	217	521	480	113	112	217	221	718	669	1208	207	689	1067	650	1507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:29AM 2.04	5:51AM 2.37														7:10PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	17	16	19	19	19	19	16	16	17	18	18	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	17	16	19	19	19	19	15	15	16	17	17	19	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	10	13	13	10	10	14	14	13	10	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	9	13	9	9	14	14	15	15	20	14	8	5	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 W	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.5 NW	1.0 NE	1.3 W	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	4	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	4	-	-	-	4	3	5	9	9

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