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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	4	5	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	1.9 SSW	5.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	14	12	14	13	13	12	20	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1669	899	1016	1216	1072	1065	1033	1257	867	331	114	822	8490	1197	5992	5743	2630	1909	653	2159	1957	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:28AM 2.37		7:14PM 2.33	8:40AM 1.75		8:21PM 2.57	9:49AM 1.85		10:09PM 1.94	10:45AM 1.97		1:11AM 2.44		2:44PM 2.00	3:11AM 2.06			2:40AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19AM 1.23	12:50PM 0.68		1:28AM 0.73		6:17PM 0.23	2:31AM 0.65		4:06PM 0.48		4:34AM 0.48		7:01PM 0.23	8:34AM 0.15		8:53PM 0.03	9:18AM 0.12	5:45PM 0.04	8:33PM 0.16	7:32AM 0.12	6:24PM 0.01	10:21PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	16	11	13	16	16	15	17	14	20	11	9	11	12	12	17	18	15	17	21	15
Low °C	16	16	15	10	11	16	15	12	16	11	16	10	8	10	12	10	14	16	14	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	16	10	12	16	16	14	16	14	20	8	5	11	9	9	17	18	14	16	21	14
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 E	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	0.3 NE	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	-	-	12	-	11	13	12	20	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	13	-	16	18	16	9	11	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	16	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	-	14	13	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	12	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1026	1318	1035	1003	1908	810	750	2182	2172	1000	1973	1325	1389	1244	1785	1512	1475	1033	1384	1170	1004	1321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:28AM 2.37	7:18AM 1.71	10:57AM 1.71			8:02PM 1.72					12:05PM 1.78							9:03AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		12:07AM 0.71									2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65				6:17PM 0.23				4:23AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	20	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	16	15	16	11	18	15	14	13	13	10	11	13	13	12	10	16	10	9	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	14	16	9	18	15	14	13	12	10	11	12	12	11	10	16	8	7	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	12	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 W	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	13	20	13	13	16	16	16	8	8	7	16	-	-	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25				Thursday 26
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1091	1625	1562	1353	1682	1514	1191	1737	1710	605	1802	1901	1674	1001	987	986	812	858	1538	1502	814	995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																10:57AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:50PM 0.68		2:35PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	13	16	16	16	15	16	11	11	10	10	10	10	18	13	13	18	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	15	13	16	15	15	14	15	10	10	8	8	8	8	18	12	12	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	1.0 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 N	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	-	-	7	7	7	7	13	-	19	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 N	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	4	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-

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