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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baches Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	6.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	15	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	9	9	9	20	18	16	16	14	14	15	11
Energy(?)	566	1872	1205	1124	3229	1630	1802	1866	9785	11346	10204	2581	1099	1282	671	953	1422	1016	861	194	907	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.51	1:39AM 1.64		2:02PM 2.14	3:56AM 1.45	11:40AM 1.85		12:16AM 1.92	12:23PM 1.99		2:04AM 2.30		3:29PM 1.85	12:05AM 3.25	12:53PM 2.11		12:40AM 3.31	12:53PM 3.42		12:59AM 3.12	12:51PM 3.44
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 0.43	8:00AM 1.08		9:34PM 0.29	5:37AM 0.56	6:04PM 0.37		6:22AM 0.45	5:53PM 0.47	7:59PM 0.39	9:24AM 0.27			6:46AM 0.36			6:46AM 0.66	5:56PM -0.11		6:42AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	16	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	13	14	16	14	19	20	14	16	14	15	18	15	12	15	16	13	17	19	14	17
Low °C	11	14	11	13	14	10	17	19	13	14	13	14	17	15	11	12	15	12	14	18	10	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	11	14	15	13	19	20	11	15	14	14	18	15	11	15	16	13	17	18	12	17
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.1 SE	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	0.2 N	2.3 E	4.0 SE	4.0 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	10	9	11	11	18	16	16	14	14	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.6 W	1.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	-	12	11	6	13	12	23	-	15	-	18	9	9	20	11	-	6	8	18	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	6.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.2 S	0.7 ESE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.5 SW	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	12	10	9	4	-	-	-	13	11	11	11	9	-	9	4	-	9	-	-	5	9	-

	Friday 13							Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	9	9	6	11	11	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	544	860	997	319	336	315	1761	1646	1910	2628	3027	4206	1438	1591	1517	3734	3227	1214	1157	1552	1866	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 1.57				1:14PM 2.10			10:52PM 1.72				12:18PM 2.09	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 0.51								5:01AM 0.68								4:21AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	19	11	14	24	12	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	10	16	17	20	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	10	14	24	11	9	9	8	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	8	16	17	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	0.2 N	1.7 W
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	9	6	9	11	11	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	9	9	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 NW	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	0.4 E	0.1 W	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	12	12	13	13	9	12	16	16	-	8	-	8	8	13	13	12	14	13	5	23	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.8 NE	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	6	7	6	11	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-

	Friday 13
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	1.5 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.0 N	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 N	0.5 W	0.8 N
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	6	12	12	9	9	9	12	9	6	6	11	10	8	8	6	12	6
Energy(?)	191	304	772	836	848	100	24	99	8	3	1061	1431	414	646	172	1654	1723	281	289	158	158	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 1.57									10:12AM 1.67										8:07PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)															3:07PM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	19	20	11	11	12	14	14	15	14	16	17	15	15	14	14	19	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	19	20	8	8	9	12	13	13	13	15	17	13	13	12	13	19	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	2.3 WNW	0.1 SE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 N	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	6	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	8	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 WNW	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 N
Period (s)	11	12	12	13	12	9	2	10	-	-	6	-	12	8	7	6	6	6	6	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 NE	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	8	5	4	6	6	6	-	12	6	6	-	11	10	-	-	6	4	6

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