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

	Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	14	11	10	8	8	8	9	9	13	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	16
Energy(?)	1196	1883	990	775	323	427	268	1208	437	1902	7487	995	1685	952	1341	887	1056	1882	996	206	105	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:51PM 1.56	8:41AM 1.46		6:16PM 1.55	6:35AM 1.55			5:47AM 2.34										1:09PM 2.38		3:02AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				2:59PM 0.59	12:32AM 0.83		1:13PM 0.70	12:14AM 1.30		12:50PM 1.19								7:06AM 0.83			9:16AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	1	-	1	6	1	10	1	2	-	-	5
High °C	16	13	17	15	14	16	16	18	17	19	20	16	16	12	14	14	12	14	13	11	16	10
Low °C	13	10	15	15	12	13	14	17	16	18	18	16	14	11	14	13	10	13	13	9	15	9
Chill °C (?)	15	11	17	15	14	16	15	18	17	18	19	15	16	10	13	13	10	13	12	8	16	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.1 SE	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 S	2.0 E	1.6 ENE	0.1 S	5.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	14	11	10	8	12	8	9	9	13	18	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	-	14	13	5	12	12	-	8	12	-	13	16	13	13	12	13	12	12	8	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.6 SE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	3.5 ENE	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	1.4 W
Period (s)	4	12	-	-	5	7	8	8	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5

	Thursday 09			Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.5 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.5 WSW	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	10	14	14	11	13	11	11	12	10	11	10	11	10	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1196	606	1030	1192	2208	1199	1009	703	808	549	543	513	519	854	863	216	680	850	1037	1091	1388	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 1.55			5:24AM 1.56				4:48PM 2.46										10:54PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	2:02PM 0.61	3:03PM 0.49						10:28AM 1.35				10:42PM 0.99		5:50AM 0.31		11:25AM 0.93		4:09PM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	12	12	10	8	9	16	18	14	14	14	14	14	15	17	16	14	13	14	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	10	10	8	7	7	16	18	14	14	14	14	13	14	17	16	13	12	13	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.7 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	13	11	11	12	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	15	14	10	6	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	8	7	13	12	15	15	8	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	6	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Thursday 09											Friday 10
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 W	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	8	8	16	9	9	14	14	14	14	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1368	609	1196	1177	278	293	2943	644	547	631	274	274	457	337	337	461	905	493	493	193	206	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						5:06PM 1.58										3:48AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			2:02PM 0.61							9:44PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	15	15	13	11	10	10	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	15	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	11	14	14	12	9	8	9	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	15	15	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	14	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.9 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	16	15	15	-	-	-	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	10	6	6	5	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	-	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	4	5	6	7	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	6	6	6	-	3	4

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