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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	6	5	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	15	14	10	13	12	12	12	11	13	8	7	8	7	9	8	9	13	12	10
Energy(?)	4417	3411	7820	3171	3083	1992	1260	974	1431	144	756	1264	343	328	509	286	527	582	362	1812	1494	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.79		10:54PM 1.80	10:25AM 1.82		2:13AM 1.77	10:26AM 2.86		10:51PM 3.06	11:45AM 1.93	1:52PM 2.21	3:33AM 1.83	11:05AM 3.00			12:25PM 3.18		7:29PM 1.28	7:53AM 1.41		1:04AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 0.50		4:13AM 0.71	4:26PM 0.64	7:47PM 0.39	4:17AM 0.93	4:42PM 1.20		5:39AM 0.66		9:10PM 0.36	4:52AM 0.47	5:17PM 0.50	12:19AM 0.29	6:20AM 1.11	6:35PM 1.09	1:38AM 0.26		2:15PM 0.27		8:53AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	2
High °C	12	14	11	16	16	12	15	16	12	8	10	7	13	12	10	16	17	10	14	18	15	12
Low °C	11	13	9	15	15	9	15	16	9	8	9	6	12	12	9	15	16	8	13	18	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	8	15	16	10	15	15	10	6	8	4	13	11	9	16	17	6	13	18	15	11
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:32	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	0.1 N	3.0 W	0.3 NE	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	17	16	15	12	14	8	13	12	12	6	14	13	8	7	8	11	10	10	9	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.7 NE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	8	-	12	12	11	12	13	10	12	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	11	10	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	15	15	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	6	-	-	8	7	9	8	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	8	9	6	4	6	5	5	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 S	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	10	9	9	12	12
Energy(?)	3026	6058	7029	9238	5645	2218	5021	4842	5319	6622	5592	2068	2758	2347	1396	1230	1071	3010	2118	1385	883	2955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							9:21PM 2.74									10:09PM 2.99		4:55AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 0.57			3:42PM 0.68				3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71			3:14PM 0.75							11:10AM 0.32		6:00PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	15	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	9	9	13	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	12	13	17	16	13	11	11	12	17	19	15	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	12	11	11	8	9	8	10	9	10	12	17	16	11	11	11	10	16	19	15	13
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	9	9	10	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 W	-	-	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	12	8	-	9	6	11	8	13	13	8	8	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	2	9	-	-	10	9	9	-	12

	Tuesday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	8	9	6	4	6	5	5	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 SW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.0 SW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 NE	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	17	18	18	17	10	10	10	16	16	16	9	18	7	16	16	7	7	7	16	15
Energy(?)	1247	3243	3026	3210	2369	1325	1295	1300	1509	8406	11503	2257	912	2815	94	3599	4030	166	159	144	4260	1006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:04AM 2.85		11:48AM 2.18				3:11PM 1.30						9:03PM 2.54	10:49PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)						6:48AM 0.45								2:26PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	10	10	9	12	12	10	14	14	15	12	13	11	16	16	19	13	13	15	16	15	12	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	12	12	9	14	13	14	11	12	10	14	14	19	11	11	14	16	14	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 N	1.9 WNW	1.4 SW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.0 SW	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.9 NE	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	17	17	9	10	17	10	10	10	16	16	16	8	8	7	16	16	7	7	7	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.9 N	1.0 ENE	1.5 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.7 N	-	1.0 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 ENE	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	2.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	18	13	13	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	-	8	18	18	8	8	8	10	10	11	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NNE	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	9	18	7	9	9	3	3	3	-	-

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