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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	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	1	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.3 SW	2.1 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	19	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	7	8	8	9	10
Energy(?)	200	970	1807	3154	2394	3195	1307	4567	3099	48	1426	861	132	509	347	301	195	576	1076	1649	849	2198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:07AM 1.84	5:52PM 2.15	7:07PM 1.65	4:51AM 1.81	5:03PM 1.83		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84		6:39AM 1.82		7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84		9:37PM 2.28	11:21AM 1.76		8:23PM 1.87	8:19AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.44	2:47PM 0.57	1:12AM 0.88	10:13AM 0.50		1:29AM 0.37	10:58AM 0.51		11:30PM 0.39	11:55AM 0.52		12:24AM 0.42	12:53PM 0.51		1:24AM 0.44		1:56PM 0.47	3:59AM 0.61	5:13AM 0.32	5:38PM 0.27	2:41AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	2	8	-	1	1	2	5	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	1	-	1
High °C	17	13	10	14	15	12	13	15	14	18	14	14	15	18	16	21	18	17	21	20	13	17
Low °C	14	13	8	12	14	9	12	14	12	17	14	12	13	17	14	18	17	17	20	17	13	16
Chill °C (?)	16	10	7	13	14	10	13	14	13	17	12	13	13	18	16	21	18	16	21	20	11	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.5 SW	2.1 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.2 N	1.1 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	19	9	16	15	15	15	15	14	6	12	12	12	6	7	7	8	12	12	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.5 N	0.3 SW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	6	8	17	-	-	-	5	12	12	6	13	9	16	12	11	10	10	13	-	12	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.8 SSE	2.4 S
Period (s)	-	7	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	7	8	8	6	8

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	19	10	18	17	8	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	821	258	566	2240	1259	2139	1684	1568	3154	2655	2394	2297	2704	3195	3428	3289	2733	1569	1025	808	4160	3102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								4:07AM 1.84				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)						12:42AM 0.37				10:19AM 0.50				10:43PM 0.37				12:41PM 0.63	2:01PM 0.44			10:05PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	2	7	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	6	1	2
Temp. °C	13	22	14	13	10	10	10	9	12	14	15	14	12	10	10	9	11	12	11	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	22	12	12	9	9	8	7	10	13	14	14	10	8	8	7	9	11	11	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 E	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	6	10	19	10	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	5	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	8	9	18	18	17	8	-	-	10	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	8	5	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.6 NE	1.0 SW	3.0 W	0.6 WNW	-	2.5 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	2.0 W	0.5 NW	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	11	3	8	10	4	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	14	3	5	-	-

	Wednesday 24																Thursday 25
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	20	10	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	17	17	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	569	308	200	254	1239	697	2816	2915	2805	2701	2548	2410	2410	3282	1892	2005	1973	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 1.86							3:40PM 1.92												3:22AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)					11:08AM 0.62	12:29PM 0.44									10:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	19	14	13	14	15	11	11	12	13	14	13	13	10	9	9	8	8	10	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	19	12	11	12	13	9	9	9	11	12	11	12	9	7	6	5	5	10	7	11	13
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	9	10	9	20	10	11	19	19	18	18	18	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	6	20	20	9	19	19	-	-	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	-	0.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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