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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	Fri		Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	2	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	18	19	16	16	14	13	13	16	11	10	12	12	5	10	10	10	11	6	16
Energy(?)	351	578	469	662	436	467	501	532	112	444	193	113	573	460	55	121	421	145	106	149	600	974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 2.07	11:55AM 2.12	2:00PM 2.51	1:14AM 2.26		1:27PM 2.29	2:05AM 2.27		4:55PM 2.05		5:28AM 2.12	1:11PM 3.27	2:03AM 2.84		1:56PM 3.17	7:06PM 2.41	7:08AM 1.92		3:05AM 2.76	4:21AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35			7:22AM 0.19		7:48PM -0.06	7:26AM 0.29		11:10PM -0.01	11:43AM 0.13		7:54PM 0.05	7:44AM 0.14		1:25AM 0.70		1:27PM 0.26	8:59PM 0.31	10:29AM 0.54	2:19PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	18	12	15	16	17	13	14	15	14	16	18	15	23	21	16	17	16	13	15	16
Low °C	13	10	17	11	14	13	16	11	14	15	12	15	18	13	19	20	15	16	16	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	18	10	15	16	16	11	14	14	14	16	18	15	23	21	16	17	16	11	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	9:43	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	9	7	9	16	11	14	5	13	10	11	13	12	5	14	10	10	10	11	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	24	21	12	11	12	7	16	-	7	16	13	12	-	14	8	10	13	13	13	18	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	5	-	-	-	6	6	9

	Friday 02			Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	18	18	17	11	11	11	17	15	14	14	16	14	13
Energy(?)	641	535	554	578	553	568	614	656	726	815	929	992	511	500	516	537	383	605	588	543	743	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high
High Tide / height (m)								12:35PM 2.25								11:36AM 3.28		4:04PM 2.06		12:01AM 3.14	1:17AM 2.13	4:37AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.32				6:30AM 0.23					9:23PM -0.02			5:48AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	11	10	10	12	14	16	12	9	9	15	16	14	14	15	16	12	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	11	10	10	12	13	16	10	7	6	15	16	14	14	14	16	12	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	5	14	14	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	15	6	6	16	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6

	Friday 02										Saturday 03
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	7	12	12	10	9	20
Energy(?)	672	651	641	356	365	380	379	384	554	427	507	500	260	310	290	324	208	628	614	333	469	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																4:30AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	13	13	13	12	12	16	10	10	11	15	16	14	14	11	11	11	17	18	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	12	11	11	10	10	16	8	8	9	14	16	13	13	10	10	10	17	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	7	7	7	10	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	24	23	23	23	22	7	8	8	8	7	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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