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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	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	2.5 W	3.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	3.0 WSW	1.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	8	13	9	12	12	12	11	14	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	11
Energy(?)	3350	4798	2942	47	2223	2163	974	944	237	894	694	287	983	147	616	402	428	269	87	151	351	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:32AM 1.72	9:46AM 2.38		10:07PM 2.38	11:06AM 1.88		2:53AM 1.81	10:26AM 2.92	3:08PM 1.72	12:06AM 1.94	6:24AM 1.38		12:00AM 2.61	12:17PM 2.69		7:05PM 1.26	5:19AM 2.25	5:28PM 2.19	1:21AM 2.97		5:43PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 0.41		4:01PM 1.24		4:57AM 0.68	4:42PM 1.20	8:28PM 0.38	4:13AM 0.54			12:44PM 0.29	5:58PM 1.12		6:08AM 0.45	6:30PM 0.78	1:09AM 0.28	11:25AM 0.98		7:08PM 0.75	7:13AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	6	-	3	-	-	-	8	11	6	3	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-
High °C	15	11	16	12	14	17	16	12	7	9	8	14	13	10	11	14	14	20	12	17	18	21
Low °C	13	9	15	11	13	16	15	9	7	8	6	12	13	9	10	14	13	17	11	14	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	9	15	9	12	17	16	10	6	6	5	14	10	8	10	14	12	20	9	17	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	2.5 W	2.2 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	0.2 N	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	16	16	15	8	13	9	12	12	12	14	6	8	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	7	10	11	14	13	12	10	9	14	9	17	8	12	11	11	10	14	11	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	11	6	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	3	4

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	2.4 W	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	9	11	7	11	11	12
Energy(?)	2328	2217	6498	4852	7240	6545	3911	2066	2384	1632	3263	3231	1073	1538	1357	1005	537	1777	724	601	526	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 2.31				9:50AM 2.94									10:26AM 2.86				10:46PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)					3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71			3:14PM 0.75			10:38PM 0.29		4:09AM 0.59					9:09PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	6	15	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
Temp. °C	10	9	12	10	11	9	13	14	17	14	13	11	11	14	15	14	18	15	13	14	14	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	8	10	7	13	13	16	13	12	9	11	14	15	14	18	14	12	13	14	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	2.4 W	2.1 SW	0.2 N	2.5 SSW	1.6 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	10	9	13	13	12	9	6	7	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 NE	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	12	7	8	11	9	15	7	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	13	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16										Wednesday 17
	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	Long Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 SW	2.4 W	2.0 SW	4.5 W	1.0 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	0.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	8	16	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	2229	2357	4088	3552	4845	10360	4236	2175	3089	1984	8731	156	5052	5925	5850	5775	192	892	881	4712	4415	2359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					9:29AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)															3:26AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	15	14	13	13	13	10	14	10	10	14	10	12	11	10	11	8	9	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	12	11	12	12	8	11	7	8	13	9	10	9	8	8	6	7	12	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 SW	1.0 N	2.0 SW	4.5 W	1.0 ENE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	0.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	16	15	8	16	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 N	1.7 WNW	1.1 N	0.1 N	1.5 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SE	1.1 NW	0.7 N	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	18	9	8	12	8	8	11	8	8	-	-	10	8	8	7	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	4	16	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

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