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 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			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	Kaka Point Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 S	2.3 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	0.7 W	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	10	11	12	12	13	11	10	12	20	16	16	14	14	13	12	15	11	15	18
Energy(?)	385	2108	331	74	673	1489	780	3950	1502	903	2555	476	1469	1419	888	708	840	838	440	1215	1502	10917
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:47AM 2.30	1:04PM 1.86	2:04AM 2.37		2:24PM 2.38	2:55AM 2.42	11:32AM 2.06		11:21PM 3.23	5:45AM 1.54	6:19PM 1.41	12:26AM 2.14	5:58AM 1.86	1:39PM 2.25	2:03AM 2.18	4:51AM 1.88	2:18PM 2.22	2:39AM 2.14		2:55PM 2.14		8:33AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 0.73	8:18AM 0.78		8:40PM 0.64	5:22AM 0.37	5:45PM 0.28		12:06PM 0.11			12:17PM 0.13		7:54PM 0.02	11:02AM 0.15		8:32PM 0.09	8:48AM 0.17		12:07AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	21	11	10	11	10	8	12	14	14	16	15	15	19	23	18	23	22	17	22
Low °C	10	16	11	17	11	9	10	10	6	9	13	13	13	15	13	15	22	15	19	19	14	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	21	8	8	10	6	6	12	12	14	16	15	15	19	23	18	23	22	17	22
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	-	2.3 S	1.6 SSE	0.1 NE	0.7 W	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	2.2 W	1.9 SW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	10	-	12	12	-	11	10	10	20	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.4 NNE	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	11	4	-	-	-	-	11	11	16	11	9	11	8	9	9	10	15	17	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	-	0.7 NNE	1.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	4	11	14	-	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Saturday 28					Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	8	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	8	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	9
Energy(?)	1207	1320	2108	2121	2132	2502	734	588	217	88	142	663	1129	1469	1327	7026	1088	754	660	540	1584	1958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:31PM 2.31											12:02AM 2.10				12:15PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)					7:47PM 0.73			4:34AM 0.48		10:16AM 0.12		4:49PM 0.28								6:33PM 0.05	9:08PM 0.03	10:58PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	17	16	13	13	12	12	13	21	23	15	8	9	9	8	10	11	12	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	14	16	16	12	11	11	11	13	21	23	14	6	7	8	5	10	10	11	10	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.2 N	1.4 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	10	7	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	10	13	10	-	14	11	11	12	10	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.3 NW	-	2.3 WSW	2.1 S	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	13	12	12	12	-	6	-	2	-	8	10	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Saturday 28																Sunday 01
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fields Canterbury	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	8	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	4	13	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	5
Energy(?)	1226	1284	385	379	374	406	1070	953	548	70	81	281	37	903	2430	232	1637	384	430	437	1255	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	11:12PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)									3:31PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	12	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	11	14	15	16	16	17	15	15	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	6	11	11	13	-	11	12	12	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	8	8	11	6	12	12	8	-	12	12	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 NE	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	12	8	12	-	-	-	12	5

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