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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	Mon		Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	8	12
Energy(?)	838	1247	830	347	1139	654	461	681	288	1625	835	344	444	1774	330	1977	1824	988	642	372	377	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:17PM 2.17		5:18AM 1.96	5:21PM 1.99	8:12PM 1.57	5:54AM 1.97	1:44PM 3.18	1:34AM 2.47		2:33PM 2.82	9:23PM 1.94		6:20PM 2.26	7:42PM 1.70			11:13PM 1.41	11:55AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		10:36PM 0.53	7:08AM 0.25		11:22PM 0.55	11:32AM 0.12		2:20AM 0.29	12:44PM 0.16		7:24PM 0.09	8:24AM 0.24		3:26AM 0.49	9:04AM 0.39		2:01AM 0.42	9:45AM 0.57	5:38PM 0.19		5:54AM 0.48	6:10PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	33	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	15	12	11	16	14	15	16	11	20	20	15	23	17	14	15	17	15	19	18	17	18	22
Low °C	15	8	11	15	12	12	15	10	16	19	14	19	16	11	13	16	13	17	18	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	14	10	9	15	13	14	16	11	20	20	15	23	16	12	14	16	14	19	18	17	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.7 N	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSE	-	-	1.1 SW	-	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	8	11	12	8	8	11	13	13	10	-	-	12	-	12	13	13	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	1.2 W	1.6 NNW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	10	9	11	9	9	13	11	15	-	17	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	2.4 SW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	10	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	5	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.3 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	10	14	11	11	13	11	11	12	10	9	13	10	10
Energy(?)	986	208	622	587	1755	1691	1188	581	525	1827	4535	1139	1004	1101	1008	642	626	682	1839	508	570	568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.50		1:00AM 2.10		4:32AM 2.02						12:57AM 2.94							8:26PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)										6:38PM -0.02					7:04AM 0.06	10:04AM 0.29					2:20AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	7	6	-	-	-	4	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	15	9	9	11	16	11	16	16	13	13	11	14	13	16	17	14	14	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	14	7	8	10	16	9	15	16	12	12	9	14	12	16	17	13	14	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	2.1 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	12	11	11	7	10	10	14	11	11	7	11	11	12	10	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	-	1.1 S	0.9 W	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	14	9	9	13	8	-	10	12	13	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	1.9 S	-	-	1.9 S	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	6	5	5	11	11	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

	Monday 02										Tuesday 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	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 SW	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 S	1.2 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 W	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	6	11	12	11	11	5	11	11	11	11	10	6	6	6
Energy(?)	736	198	838	859	166	92	1097	83	297	245	45	338	338	92	338	1350	1728	291	129	154	199	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:41PM 2.51	12:15AM 2.94							7:08AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:22AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	1
High °C	13	13	15	15	13	12	12	20	12	16	20	15	15	15	15	9	8	15	21	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	14	11	10	10	20	9	16	20	14	15	14	13	8	6	14	21	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 S	1.2 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 W	0.6 NE	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 N	0.2 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 N	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	13	12	10	6	12	9	11	9	9	6	9	-	8	9	10	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 NW	1.5 SSW	-	0.5 W	-	-	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 WSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	5	6	6	6	6	12	6	6	-	3	-	-	5	2	-	-	3	3	6	6	6

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