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

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	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	5	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	2.4 NW	0.9 SSE	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	15	6	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	8	12	18
Energy(?)	2223	1260	875	1676	713	212	432	949	1315	828	752	743	479	457	706	846	776	555	985	153	1563	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:55AM 2.24	10:31AM 3.03		10:51PM 3.06	11:00AM 2.60		11:09PM 2.75		1:01PM 1.92	12:04AM 2.99	12:20PM 3.02	4:25PM 1.73			5:04PM 1.72			6:08PM 2.18	8:25PM 1.27	8:24AM 1.86		9:01PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 1.23	4:42PM 1.20		4:50AM 0.54	6:40PM 0.38		6:59AM 0.49			6:15AM 0.80		10:33PM 0.34	9:46AM 0.66		11:45PM 0.90	7:59AM 0.50		2:32AM 0.26		3:13PM 0.27	3:08AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	13	11	6	2	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	6
High °C	14	16	16	13	9	9	14	12	14	12	12	14	11	20	17	16	23	24	14	15	18	12
Low °C	13	15	15	9	8	8	10	11	13	9	12	13	11	16	16	15	18	24	12	13	17	10
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	11	8	7	11	10	12	10	10	13	11	20	17	16	23	24	13	14	18	12
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	1.6 S	0.3 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	2.4 NW	0.9 SSE	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	15	9	8	13	9	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	8	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.6 N	0.2 N	0.6 SE	1.6 NW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	10	10	11	8	8	15	13	11	11	9	10	8	9	-	4	16	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	8	9	-	8	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	3

	Wed	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	14	9	13	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	1146	1230	1073	1197	1357	1770	788	3103	3320	601	508	952	713	649	774	306	1299	2071	1083	1470	1148	854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:09PM 2.99				11:44AM 1.85				10:46PM 2.90					3:08PM 1.72					5:40AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				4:22AM 1.23				6:00PM 0.42					8:57AM 0.43									12:06PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	6	2	4	1	-	1	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	12	12	12	14	19	14	15	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	11	7	10	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	14	19	14	14	12	13	13	9	8	7	7	7	10	4	7	8	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 S	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 N	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	6	11	14	11	13	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	10	-	9	-	-	13	12	10	10	10	15	8	15	6	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	12	-	7	9	13	8	9	8	8

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 SW	2.4 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 W	0.8 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1420	2222	2189	2189	2436	319	2086	265	265	1847	1695	861	717	534	719	210	620	206	245	212	201	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:09PM 2.99																		4:37PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)										4:17AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	10	10	13	13	11	13	13	16	16	14	17	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	9	13	13	10	12	12	16	16	14	17	14	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 SW	2.4 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 W	0.8 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	12	10	12	12	11	11	9	9	12	10	10	11	10	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

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