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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Motunau Beach Canterbury
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	11	8	10	10	14	13	14	14	14	13	10	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	7
Energy(?)	591	1761	1067	910	378	390	670	1099	1623	1890	1044	488	226	182	456	256	149	839	806	303	229	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 1.71	1:04PM 1.33	11:42PM 2.16		1:57PM 1.53	7:54PM 2.72		2:41PM 1.50	8:51PM 2.78	10:36AM 1.71	3:30PM 1.19	11:12PM 1.74		2:06PM 1.68	11:56PM 1.82		2:28PM 1.97	3:10AM 1.84		3:23PM 1.76	3:48AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				7:59AM 0.53		2:08AM 1.43	8:44AM 0.57		3:07AM 1.40	4:30AM 0.69			7:52AM 0.49			8:35AM 0.44		8:48PM 0.34	9:16AM 0.39		9:28PM 0.29	9:55AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	21	15	14	14	13	12	11	17	16	18	19	17	18	13	11	12	13	11	15
Low °C	11	15	11	18	15	11	12	12	11	11	17	15	17	18	17	18	12	9	11	12	9	13
Chill °C (?)	11	15	13	21	15	12	13	12	11	11	16	16	18	19	17	18	11	9	11	11	9	14
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	1.7 NW	1.9 W	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	13	14	14	14	13	10	13	12	12	12	11	7	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	10	13	13	10	16	14	-	8	11	11	7	13	11	11	6	10	10	12	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.6 NE	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SE	1.2 E	1.0 E	-	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	12	-	4	8	10	4	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	5	5	7	-	4	-

	Monday 12					Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 S	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1934	1000	1660	1610	1276	1067	1053	1029	569	914	533	1071	1303	1168	622	541	631	864	1099	1590	1639	1906
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:37AM 1.59		7:22AM 2.67		1:58PM 1.22			12:18AM 1.62				12:37PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)					7:26PM 0.50										3:35AM 0.72	6:19AM 0.55				6:37PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	15	14	14	11	12	14	15	22	16	13	12	12	11	13	14	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	14	13	14	9	11	14	15	22	16	12	11	12	10	12	13	12	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 W	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 W	0.7 SW	1.6 S	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.1 NW	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.7 NW	0.1 W	0.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	10	8	8	10	13	13	9	10	6	11	9	9	18	9	16	16	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	2.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	5	10	10	10	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 12																Tuesday 13
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.4 S	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	14	9	14	14	12	14	12	12	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1792	271	591	531	1113	2032	1113	1546	1761	1843	1773	1455	1516	1396	1236	1214	534	974	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:12PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)						12:37PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	8	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	9	10	9	8	8	7
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 NW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.8 SW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	14	14	5	14	10	14	12	10	9	11	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.2 N	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	5	10	14	7	11	7	6	11	11	8	9	16	16	10	16	8	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	6	9	-	-	12	-	-	12	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	5	8	-	-	-	-

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