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

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 NNW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s)	17	16	16	14	13	13	12	13	12	8	8	12	12	12	9	12	13	14	15	15	14	14
Energy	759	1025	516	815	608	236	527	237	145	500	704	1655	1026	1068	533	2338	1018	4011	1169	1065	1519	1675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08		1:55PM 2.26	12:50AM 3.40	3:38AM 2.47	1:12PM 2.85	1:47AM 3.29		2:27PM 3.16	2:49AM 3.17	4:10AM 2.05			8:31AM 2.28		8:40PM 1.86	10:35AM 1.72	5:23PM 2.38	11:02PM 1.77	11:32AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				7:38AM -0.02		6:38PM 0.68	10:04AM 0.28		7:34PM 0.82	8:17AM 0.26		8:34PM 0.96	10:36AM 0.23	1:22PM 0.17	9:36PM 1.09		2:47PM 0.82	2:58AM 0.28	4:09AM 0.28			5:16AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	10	7	11	8	12	10	11	15	15	14	10	12	13	13	14	11	11	14	12	14
Low °C	7	8	8	5	9	6	12	10	9	12	15	13	9	11	13	11	12	9	9	14	11	13
Chill °C (?)	7	9	8	5	10	7	10	10	10	14	14	14	8	10	13	12	13	10	9	14	11	13
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	13	12	8	8	12	12	12	9	13	13	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.9 NNW	0.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	17	-	-	21	21	-	11	20	9	15	13	11	-	5	12	6	8	-	12	9	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.6 NE	2.2 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	2	-	6	7

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy	585	798	759	933	1025	886	677	516	503	868	815	731	608	614	250	236	649	652	527	240	237	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 2.28				1:00PM 2.32			11:50PM 3.08					1:55PM 2.26				2:11AM 2.22	3:38AM 2.47			1:12PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)			6:44AM -0.04				7:12PM 0.16				7:38AM -0.02				6:38PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	5	5	7	9	11	8	7	11	11	12	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	7	9	8	7	7	8	3	2	5	7	10	7	6	9	9	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	18	17	17	6	-	-	6	-	-	21	21	21	21	20	-	-	20	11	11	20	20	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-

	Monday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16
Energy	573	569	585	638	700	798	760	770	759	759	933	933	1009	1065	1025	986	935	886	874	787	677	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 2.28												12:07PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)							6:44AM -0.04													7:12PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	6	6	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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