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

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	18	17	18	14	16	13	17	16	16	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	10	10	10
Energy	1617	2614	1225	1061	871	527	737	837	516	913	699	589	582	504	232	433	520	1084	849	740	1483	1671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03			12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08		1:55PM 2.26		3:38AM 2.47	4:17PM 2.48	1:36AM 2.90	3:08AM 2.14	5:16PM 2.38	2:59AM 2.12		3:29PM 3.02		3:53AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 0.12		5:53AM -0.01	4:23PM -0.05	6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04			7:38AM -0.02		9:37PM 0.41	10:04AM 0.28		7:23PM 0.24	9:33AM 0.13		8:44PM 0.40	9:11AM 0.93		9:36PM 1.09	10:16AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11
High °C	8	9	11	9	12	9	7	9	9	9	11	11	13	14	9	13	14	13	12	13	13	12
Low °C	7	9	10	8	10	7	6	9	8	7	10	11	12	13	8	12	14	12	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	8	12	9	6	9	7	7	9	10	12	13	7	12	13	12	11	12	12	10
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	17	18	14	16	13	13	16	16	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	12	12	-	-	19	17	6	-	21	21	20	10	10	18	9	16	11	11	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16					Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s)	18	18	17	16	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	16
Energy	1617	2460	2614	2136	1039	1225	1230	1148	1061	1004	871	721	529	527	585	798	737	833	837	749	698	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03									12:25AM 2.28				1:00PM 2.32			11:50PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 0.12				3:59AM 0.03				4:23PM -0.05					6:44AM -0.04				7:12PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	9	11	10	10	9	8	8	12	10	10	8	8	7	6	7	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	8	12	10	9	7	6	5	5	6	9	9	7	7
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	18	17	16	18	18	17	17	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	18	-	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	19	18	17	17	6	6	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16																	Sunday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons 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	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy	1566	1659	1617	1617	3377	2460	2432	3534	2614	3009	2425	2136	2110	1061	1039	1112	1135	1225	1213	1359	1230	1148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:16AM 2.26											10:12PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)												5:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	10	8	7	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	-	-	18	12	10	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Canterbury	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Catlins	Otago	Wellington
Kaikoura and Marlborough	Southland	West Coast South Island
Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa

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