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

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	12	21	19	20	18	14	14	12	14	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	10	10	10	14	13	13
Energy	609	4104	1145	634	1336	8551	4642	1396	2545	2084	2510	3240	3314	3119	2224	383	1487	1471	1184	2504	1619	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:08PM 1.93		1:02PM 1.86	10:47PM 1.97	11:10AM 2.03		1:44AM 2.09		1:02PM 2.43	2:39AM 1.81	10:38AM 2.93		11:08PM 3.02		12:56PM 1.98		3:58AM 1.73	4:23PM 1.79		7:49AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		2:28PM 0.39		6:45AM 0.23			5:02AM 0.27	5:21PM 0.28	7:28PM 0.30	6:59AM 0.52		8:27PM 0.30	4:33AM 0.33	5:01PM 0.53		5:58AM 0.44		9:52PM 0.41	10:06AM 0.39		9:13PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	15	14	10	10	12	9	10	11	14	15	16	15	16	17	15	16	16	14	14
Low °C	13	14	12	14	14	9	10	11	7	8	11	12	14	15	14	14	16	14	14	15	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	15	13	6	8	10	8	10	11	12	14	15	14	15	16	14	16	16	14	13
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	-	3.5 WSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	8	11	18	-	14	12	14	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	10	10	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	23	-	19	20	12	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	14	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	2.1 W	-	-	1.4 WNW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	21	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	9	8	7	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	22	11	20	19	19	18	9	18	19	13	18	10	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy	508	603	1287	827	900	1330	1149	1145	1286	1106	1773	1613	736	714	590	2539	8851	7202	6042	5235	3502	3696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					12:18PM 1.85			10:13PM 1.97	12:24AM 2.10							10:05PM 1.92					12:23PM 2.42	4:13PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	2:14AM 1.03					3:56PM 0.29				5:37AM 0.50			3:00PM 0.34	3:14PM 0.55					7:25AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	14	15	18	14	14	14	11	9	10	9	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	12	14	17	14	13	13	9	7	8	7	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	12	22	7	20	8	19	8	9	12	11	13	13	17	15	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	18	18	12	22	8	20	11	19	10	11	12	18	19	18	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 W	-	-	0.5 N	-	1.0 WNW	-	0.8 W	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	11	11	7	-	-	3	-	4	-	5	6	10	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	9	8	7	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 S	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	7	12	12	7	12	12	23	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	20	21	21	20	20	9
Energy	608	817	402	962	764	346	734	1100	442	1144	1335	827	431	448	472	897	377	879	879	1117	1149	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:58AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 0.52													2:34PM 0.62	3:14PM 0.49			6:23PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	16	16	16	14	16	12	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	10	13	10	10	10	11	11	13	16	15	15	14	16	11	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	12	8	8	12	23	12	23	22	12	12	12	12	12	7	21	21	7	20	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	18	12	8	16	12	24	15	8	15	15	22	25	16	16	22	20	11	11	20	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	12	7	7	12	4	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	5

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