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

	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	7	5	5	4	4	4	5	8	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.3 S	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	15	16	15	13	13	24	11	19	11	7	12	14	12	14	13	11	14	14	14	13
Energy	3769	3137	16414	1459	1749	1161	929	187	1166	1204	334	2055	6026	4550	2947	1443	554	1876	3919	7100	3324	1668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:11AM 1.80		7:01PM 2.40	8:51AM 1.89		12:12AM 1.78		12:18PM 1.85	12:41AM 1.86		3:20PM 1.32	9:30PM 3.09	9:47AM 3.16	4:13PM 1.57		9:48AM 2.94	2:22PM 1.87	10:40PM 3.18	10:50AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 0.52		2:13PM 0.36	1:05AM 0.61		5:36PM 0.22		6:35AM 0.13		6:23PM 0.22	6:45AM 0.23			3:39AM 0.87		10:30PM 0.50	3:42AM 0.34			4:43AM 0.31	5:00PM 0.31	9:37PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	14	15	17	14	15	15	13	14	10	10	10	11	14	12	12	13	15	17	14
Low °C	12	13	11	13	13	16	13	14	14	11	13	10	8	8	10	13	8	12	13	14	16	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	8	14	15	17	13	15	14	12	13	6	6	8	10	14	12	11	11	15	17	14
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	4.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 W	1.2 SSW	0.1 SE	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	15	16	15	13	13	8	21	7	11	17	11	14	12	14	13	11	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.3 S	0.1 N	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	14	-	10	13	12	15	19	19	12	-	-	10	12	13	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	4	5	3	9	8	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	12	13	12	13	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12
Energy	3248	1219	4399	501	10102	7879	6321	7862	5046	4105	3195	3133	1244	1075	1026	1137	1016	1260	590	603	556	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:30PM 1.81				7:51AM 1.84	10:35AM 1.79				11:06PM 1.86			7:36AM 2.98		1:37PM 1.57		7:29PM 2.63	11:56PM 1.86			8:15AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)			1:40AM 0.52					5:14PM 0.14											2:14AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	2	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	15	14	12	13	14	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	11	12	10	11	8	10	11	12	13	13	15	13	11	12	13	12	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 SW	-	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	11	13	15	-	16	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.8 S	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	14	10	12	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	13	9	18	18	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	12	-	14	15	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12

	Saturday 25					Sunday 26
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	5	4	5	3	9	8	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 E	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	4.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	9	13	12	14	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	15	12	12	12	15
Energy	1357	1403	3248	656	3620	2995	320	4	3235	3563	3931	539	389	399	338	490	498	7879	503	632	706	10847
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													6:36AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)											4:22AM 0.29								12:55PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	14	13	12	15	18	18	14	14	13	12	11	11	13	14	17	12	13	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	13	10	13	18	18	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	13	16	10	13	13	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	-	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	11	14	11	-	12	12	-	-	-	12	13	12	12	12	13	-	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 W	-	-	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	14	10	14	7	13	-	9	9	-	-	-	9	7	20	9	9	20	-	-	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.0 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	4.5 SW
Period (s)	9	6	12	-	12	12	-	-	12	12	12	5	-	-	4	5	7	15	-	-	-	15

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