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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	Sat		Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	14	11	11	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2467	1602	595	777	595	39	140	884	2812	2648	2595	385	923	735	879	1042	779	845	204	1121	248	1780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:54AM 1.95	12:22PM 2.18	3:31PM 2.46	1:03AM 2.21		1:16PM 2.28	1:49AM 2.23	6:41AM 1.75	2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21				4:32AM 2.47	3:27PM 2.17	8:37PM 1.48	9:03AM 1.55		3:01AM 3.00		3:21PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		9:41PM 0.11	6:15AM 0.27			7:09AM 0.18		7:35PM -0.04			8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13	1:38PM 0.10	10:28PM 0.22	10:47AM 0.37		2:51AM 0.11		3:24PM 0.14	8:55PM 0.81	9:35AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	19	19	17	26	18	16	19	18	17	14	17	13	16	18	18	14	15	13	18	19
Low °C	17	10	17	17	16	24	18	15	16	17	13	12	17	11	14	16	16	14	14	9	14	18
Chill °C (?)	18	14	19	19	17	26	18	14	19	18	17	13	16	13	16	18	18	13	14	12	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	9:16	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 NE	0.7 WSW	1.4 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	13	11	14	11	11	7	12	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	-	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 N	1.3 WSW	0.7 NNE	-	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	10	-	8	6	9	11	8	-	8	8	18	20	18	-	6	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.5 N	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	-	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	-	3	-	3	7	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	6	12	-	12

	Saturday 31			Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 NE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NE	2.2 NNW	3.0 W	4.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	11	7	11	11	11	7	8	8	7	11	12
Energy(?)	2467	862	3183	3329	1390	1121	1027	846	537	698	635	556	526	505	509	511	219	309	223	627	2253	5354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	2:39PM 2.40							12:27PM 2.21										5:58PM 1.54		12:25AM 3.35
Low Tide / height (m)						6:21AM 0.26				6:48PM 0.01					8:34AM 0.26							6:33AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	3
Temp. °C	18	14	14	14	11	10	12	13	19	19	17	16	14	16	16	18	27	27	23	16	15	13
Chill °C (?)	18	13	13	13	10	9	11	12	19	19	16	15	14	16	15	18	27	27	23	15	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 W	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	11	7	11	11	11	7	8	8	10	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.1 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.1 N	1.9 N	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	8	12	9	9	9	11	11	11	16	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	2.2 NNW	-	4.5 W
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	-	12

	Saturday 31										Sunday 01
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3195	794	3700	2666	2252	2252	2150	2012	223	1950	3552	1602	78	1500	1390	1284	199	199	190	214	177	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:14AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	14	11	11	11	14	15	16	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	12	19	18	16	16	14	14	15	12	11	10	14	10	10	10	14	15	16	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	-	-	-	-	10	-	11	11	10	11	11	11	14	14	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	11	15	12	11	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	10	10	14	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.1 NE	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	4	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-

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