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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	Fri		Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	1	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	6.0 S	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 SE	0.7 SW	2.1 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.7 SW	1.4 E	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	15	14	14	8	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	20	10	16	16	9	9	6	11	9
Energy(?)	1857	1205	1202	3229	1630	106	1671	763	8007	4171	2616	1501	2038	673	1453	1823	1261	111	80	311	584	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:23AM 1.71			11:37PM 1.82	11:04AM 1.85		1:25AM 2.23		2:53PM 1.79	11:29PM 3.15	12:18PM 2.04		12:05AM 3.25	12:18PM 3.37			11:43AM 2.93		12:59AM 3.12		2:05PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			7:25AM 0.49	5:23PM 0.50		4:56AM 0.64	5:15PM 0.58	7:20PM 0.50	8:45AM 0.34			6:12AM 0.44	6:29PM 0.38		6:11AM 0.74	5:20PM -0.05	10:50PM 0.14	5:36AM -0.04	6:38PM 0.00		7:56AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	14	15	14	14	20	15	15	17	15	14	15	12	14	14	12	22	21	14	14	16
Low °C	14	11	13	14	10	12	19	12	14	17	14	13	15	12	12	14	12	19	19	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	14	13	12	20	14	13	16	15	13	13	12	14	13	12	22	21	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.1 NW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 SE	1.1 SW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	1.4 E	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	8	15	14	14	8	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	12	8	6	13	13	12	12	-	-	18	13	24	20	18	16	16	8	8	14	6	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 ENE	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	6.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.7 SW	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	8	-	-	4	-	2	11	9	9	8	15	-	7	-	-	3	-	6	-	9

	Friday 13			Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Karitane Point Otago	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NE	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	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	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	1.1 E	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	12	11	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	8	13	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	617	907	1083	1646	1910	3163	3027	4206	1469	1593	1517	3658	3227	1167	1067	1592	164	1268	1107	1132	1302	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 1.72				12:18PM 2.09	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78					2:46PM 1.60			10:31PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:55PM 0.47				4:10AM 0.74								4:21AM 1.16								5:36AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	15	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	10	15	17	14	19	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	23	13	10	10	8	10	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	8	14	17	12	19	16	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 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	1.1 E	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	9	12	11	11	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	9	9	14	8	8	8	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	0.4 E	0.1 E	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	12	9	16	16	8	8	-	9	8	13	13	12	14	13	5	12	13	13	12	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NE	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	3

	Friday 13										Saturday 14
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Gore Bay Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	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	Karitane Point Otago	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	6	8	7	11	10	15	15
Energy(?)	528	627	606	1572	1394	1568	1445	1541	1083	1127	528	1205	1205	744	669	254	207	327	489	718	3027	2968
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						10:20AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)															3:35AM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	17	15	15	15	14	13	11	11	13	12	12	13	12	16	12	16	16	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	21	16	16	13	13	14	12	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	11	15	11	16	15	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.5 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	12	12	11	8	8	10	10	12	8	7	11	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	9	8	8	-	-	6	6	-	9	9	9	12	12	6	6	6	12	11	13	17	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.4 E	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	9	9	7	-	6	-	3	7	-	-	-

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