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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	1	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period(s)	18	14	15	17	18	15	15	14	13	17	14	18	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	10	10	12
Energy	1457	1042	3286	3732	1320	1048	1110	1142	1203	1153	625	2269	158	6139	3788	1814	1379	1703	1470	1037	1012	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 2.56	8:17AM 1.91		8:06PM 2.70	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	9:28AM 2.91				4:54PM 1.67	11:30PM 2.17			11:43PM 3.38	3:45AM 2.06	4:20PM 2.18	12:41AM 3.49		1:25PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)	4:42PM 0.33	1:19AM 0.46		4:51PM 0.55	2:17AM 0.31		2:20PM 0.21		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15	9:16PM 0.10	8:22AM 0.01			5:43AM 0.21	5:36PM 0.61		10:01AM -0.03		6:29PM 0.65	7:07AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	11	13	12	14	14	13	13	14	11	15	11	10	12	13	9	9	10	10	10
Low °C	13	12	12	10	12	11	14	13	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	7	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	9	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	8	15	10	10	12	11	6	6	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	18	14	15	17	18	15	15	14	13	13	14	18	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	1.0 NW	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 NW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	14	18	-	17	9	8	8	7	18	17	5	5	15	8	-	-	-	7	19	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	18	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	1457	1452	4021	1042	1042	3736	3286	1216	3732	3362	3133	1320	1062	1137	1048	1279	1110	1150	1178	1142	1348	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							8:17AM 1.91								8:38AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)					1:19AM 0.46								2:26AM 0.78				2:20PM 0.21					3:14AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	13	10	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	12	12	10	11	12	9	13	8	11	10	10	10	12	14	13	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	18	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 WSW	1.4 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	20	10	18	18	-	-	-	17	9	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11											Friday 12
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	18	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy	1464	1042	1457	1606	3134	1452	3195	3812	4021	1383	1174	1042	1042	1042	1042	3054	3246	3736	3524	3432	3286	3490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:57PM 2.31											8:17AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				3:53PM 0.61										1:19AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	14	14	10	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	13	12	8	11	10	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	11	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	18	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	18	14	18	18	20	-	10	10	10	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

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