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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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	2	5	4	3	4	2	0	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	0.7 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 S	2.5 W	2.2 SW	1.4 S	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	7	6	10	12	8	10	8	10	12	11	11	6	6	14
Energy(?)	713	640	1746	298	1838	2739	585	2719	173	146	1332	1618	289	743	250	254	498	465	361	356	496	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 2.86		6:24AM 2.32	5:17PM 2.00		5:58AM 1.90	5:17PM 1.93		5:49AM 1.82		12:46AM 1.35	10:37AM 1.70		7:25PM 1.74	7:19AM 2.74		11:59PM 1.67	12:01PM 1.87		2:49AM 1.40	9:39AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			12:15AM 0.37	12:41PM 0.56		10:41PM 0.46	12:08PM 0.48		11:47PM 0.61	11:59AM 0.64	6:10PM 0.14		4:20AM 0.37	1:08PM 0.74	1:40AM 0.72		3:06PM 0.56		5:43AM 0.51	6:23PM 0.41	8:32PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-
High °C	19	16	15	22	15	12	14	14	15	14	14	12	16	15	11	17	16	15	23	15	12	14
Low °C	14	16	14	22	15	8	13	12	13	13	14	10	14	15	10	15	16	14	21	14	10	14
Chill °C (?)	19	16	15	22	15	10	13	12	14	12	13	10	16	14	11	16	16	14	23	15	9	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.1 SW	2.5 W	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	7	14	10	7	8	10	8	8	12	11	11	9	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 E	0.6 N	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 W	0.3 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.6 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	9	13	13	-	16	12	13	10	16	14	8	12	12	10	16	8	6	4	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 N	1.3 S	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 NNE	-	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	5	4	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	6	6	5

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	11	13
Energy(?)	848	924	1332	1122	2201	1026	3460	1210	1841	973	231	254	1092	3086	3232	1243	2258	957	524	898	102	2698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:50PM 2.36									8:06PM 1.81			4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	8:48AM 0.86									10:06AM 0.46		4:53PM 0.04		10:51PM 0.53					2:38PM 0.39			11:47PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	21	19	17	14	12	14	14	15	20	22	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	10	16	10
Chill °C (?)	17	17	21	19	17	13	10	14	14	15	20	22	10	11	9	12	12	12	14	8	16	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SE	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	5	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 N
Period (s)	10	10	-	11	-	9	-	9	13	13	10	10	6	13	13	13	-	12	5	5	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09																Wednesday 10
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.0 W	2.0 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSE	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	11	13
Energy(?)	977	992	713	527	828	674	1066	642	1058	634	103	230	512	1307	1415	501	2201	551	231	419	271	1959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:35PM 2.04				7:06PM 1.90									4:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 0.28													9:55PM 0.43				1:07AM 0.19		3:43AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	16	17	16	20	16	15	16	24	24	20	15	15	15	15	17	17	14	20	14
Chill °C (?)	13	16	13	16	17	16	20	16	15	16	24	24	20	15	15	15	14	17	16	13	20	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.2 NW	2.0 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 NE	0.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSE	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	6	12	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.1 SE	-	1.0 W	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	12	-	13	-	12	-	10	10	10	12	14	5	9	9	9	-	6	11	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

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