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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	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	194	297	1072	764	847	537	836	1677	835	738	252	1543	1578	917	712	1314	685	784	663	329	307	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 2.04			1:23PM 3.41	1:26AM 3.09		1:54PM 2.97	2:16AM 2.79		2:33PM 2.82		5:54AM 2.30		10:44PM 1.59	11:10AM 1.56		11:30PM 1.59	11:55AM 1.55	6:29PM 1.67	9:37PM 1.56	8:34AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 0.65		10:48PM 0.01	7:14AM 0.58		7:19PM 0.01	7:45AM 0.12		8:09PM 0.12	8:24AM 0.24		1:10AM 0.30	12:17PM 0.62	1:35PM 0.37		5:04AM 0.44	5:26PM 0.47		5:54AM 0.48		3:54AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	14	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	13	6	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	13	16	12	17	19	15	14	17	13	16	18	16	13	17	11	15	18	13	18
Low °C	13	16	12	12	16	10	14	18	13	12	14	12	13	17	15	12	17	11	14	18	12	17
Chill °C (?)	13	16	14	12	16	12	17	19	15	13	16	11	15	18	16	12	16	9	15	18	12	18
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.3 N	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	-	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	11	11	7	8	12	13	13	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 NNW	-	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	9	-	13	11	10	-	17	7	-	-	-	6	14	-	7	-	7	7	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2447	1635	1188	292	404	1077	1364	1072	1010	1008	1025	664	658	606	663	537	559	515	526	1362	1388	918
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:17AM 2.13		12:42PM 3.46				12:57AM 2.94						5:21PM 1.99	8:12PM 1.57				8:34AM 1.64			4:49PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)						6:38PM -0.02					7:04AM 0.06	11:14AM 0.12					2:20AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	12	13	14	16	15	14	13	12	15	15	14	15	12	11	10	10	16	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	8	6	11	11	12	16	14	14	12	11	15	14	13	15	12	11	9	9	16	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 N	1.1 N	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	0.5 SSE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	9	9	8	8	10	21	10	12	11	10	10	10	-	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Tuesday 03
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	10	12
Energy(?)	359	1596	1890	266	199	262	284	297	247	247	194	1018	785	861	276	349	412	492	610	950	580	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			7:17PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)						6:11AM 0.04														8:20PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	15	15	17	15	15	16	16	17	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	14	14	17	14	14	15	15	17	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	13	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 N	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	5	5	5	11	8	-	9	10	10	13	13	13	-	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-

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