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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			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	Nicks Point Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Makara Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	1	2	5	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	2.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 NW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	8	6	13	13	11	12	8	6	18	18	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	3891	2627	140	269	2087	1777	1207	567	800	317	2254	452	2190	1778	1151	542	2439	1819	1973	2138	2016	974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 2.10		5:24AM 2.39	5:51PM 2.37				8:25PM 1.71	11:24AM 1.37		11:35PM 1.79		4:28PM 1.15	10:54PM 2.24	11:16AM 1.63		7:27PM 2.79	7:52AM 2.42	2:13PM 1.61	2:39AM 1.77	9:10AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.40	11:49AM 0.43		12:18AM 0.50	9:23AM 0.56	1:57PM 0.32	2:54AM 0.35	5:15AM 0.11	5:23PM 0.14		9:56AM 0.53			5:09AM 0.36	1:07PM 1.18	1:45AM 1.23			8:23PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	2	2	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	19	17	15	17	16	14	16	14	14	16	16	16	15	12	14	15	11	13	12
Low °C	12	14	16	16	16	12	15	16	12	15	13	13	12	16	11	12	11	14	14	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	18	16	14	17	16	13	16	12	14	16	16	16	15	11	14	15	10	12	10
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	2.3 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 NW	0.8 NE	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	15	8	8	9	13	11	12	8	6	10	8	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	5	15	9	11	8	8	11	10	18	8	10	8	6	8	-	13	13	-	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	-	1.9 NW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 NE	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	6	13	-	-	-	5	6	18	-	6	-	-	-	13	8	-	13	-	-

	Saturday 21							Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	God Squad Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Makara Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 N	0.4 ENE	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	9	5	9	7	7	13	12	13	12	12	10	9	12
Energy(?)	6113	4312	3891	3697	3448	3207	2017	1479	301	207	92	70	280	438	3078	3042	1239	1031	1076	673	550	804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:13AM 2.09					5:01PM 2.43					9:20AM 1.50		1:08PM 1.28		7:35PM 2.37		3:17AM 3.09			10:46AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00AM 0.36			8:19PM 0.32	12:35AM 0.22											9:26AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	15	17	13	14	10	11	16	20	18	18	18	11	10	10	9	14	17	19	16
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	15	17	11	14	8	9	14	20	18	18	18	9	8	9	7	14	17	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	2.0 NW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	9	8	9	8	7	8	9	13	12	12	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	9	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	8	8	7	15	14	13	13	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	0.7 W	2.0 WNW	0.9 N	0.2 WSW	1.8 NW	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	6	5	2	7	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	God Squad Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Makara Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	8	11	10	9	14	10	16	15	13	13	13	10	9	14
Energy(?)	6561	5111	4563	4563	8500	6301	2469	4498	359	786	486	216	9	72	952	479	1847	1718	2443	397	422	2648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 2.06		4:39AM 2.43																	9:22PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							7:54AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	12	16	15	15	16	16	16	18	15	15	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	8	7	11	9	11	16	14	14	15	15	15	17	15	15	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.3 N	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	13	13	13	16	8	11	10	9	10	10	16	8	13	13	13	10	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	8	15	8	8	16	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	7	3	10	-	-	-	4	4	-

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