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 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	16	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	10	14	13	13	14	14	14	7	8	13
Energy	1446	1570	1648	2549	3763	3248	3797	1511	221	1240	1047	720	666	1666	773	619	445	485	660	133	642	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 1.83	10:22AM 3.18		10:40PM 3.18	5:25AM 1.52		12:36AM 2.02		3:23PM 2.08			2:56PM 2.30		4:40AM 1.67	5:07PM 1.74		3:44AM 2.13	4:18PM 2.14		3:13AM 1.77	3:50PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.26	4:15AM 0.83	4:32PM 0.83		11:36AM 0.63	5:00PM 0.31	6:34PM 0.35	9:04AM 0.37		9:30PM 0.45	8:52AM 0.66		9:13PM 0.77	10:52AM 0.45		9:52PM 0.82	10:11AM 0.75		9:12PM 0.66	9:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	10	12	11	14	17	15	16	16	13	13	15	14	10	12	11	14	15	14	16	17
Low °C	14	14	8	11	9	12	17	12	12	15	11	11	15	9	8	11	10	12	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	9	12	9	13	17	15	16	16	12	12	15	13	10	12	10	13	14	13	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	5:40	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SW	-	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	-	12	10	10	14	13	13	14	14	14	7	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	9	9	10	12	12	14	14	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	2	-	-

	Thursday 30			Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	3406	3647	1236	1155	1002	1232	1202	2381	2082	3671	3237	4155	3651	3418	8666	8431	3797	3340	1021	1511	1465	2148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 2.42			10:06PM 3.15		4:35AM 1.54		11:48AM 2.05	2:04PM 2.13				1:19AM 2.38				1:40PM 2.41				12:36AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)											8:08PM 0.34				8:43AM 0.29				7:58PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	14	14	14	7	14	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	16	16	16	15	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	14	14	14	5	14	10	10	11	9	8	10	10	10	15	16	15	15	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	8	18	-	-	16	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	13	3	-	-	13

	Thursday 30											Friday 01
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	3706	4189	1446	1409	1359	2635	1798	2627	2060	2031	2031	2345	2345	2117	2310	2417	2084	2240	1030	2275	2275	2275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 2.42												12:42AM 2.39		2:01AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				3:57PM 0.84															6:59AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	15	15	14	10	14	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	10	14	14	13	9	14	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	14	14	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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