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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	Tue	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	5	9	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	10	10	11	10	11	12	10	9	11	11	12	17	16	15
Energy(?)	1026	265	1705	820	352	1742	1139	830	1127	1031	866	670	412	280	385	77	133	233	392	481	7381	7691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:17PM 2.00		4:54AM 1.91	4:45PM 2.47	11:37PM 1.38	12:15PM 1.48			6:56AM 1.71			8:50AM 1.75		8:22PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72		8:38PM 2.85	9:39AM 1.77		1:32AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:43PM 0.18	10:06AM 0.46		10:41PM 0.46	11:01AM 0.56			6:02AM 0.14	3:56PM 0.36	12:44AM 0.68		1:08PM 0.74	12:25AM 0.72		3:00PM 0.56	2:35AM 0.74		2:22PM 1.03	2:51AM 1.30		3:27PM 0.65	7:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	11
High °C	13	26	15	16	14	16	13	13	14	12	17	15	14	15	16	18	24	22	12	14	12	12
Low °C	13	24	15	15	13	15	11	11	14	11	16	15	12	13	14	15	21	21	9	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	13	26	15	15	13	15	12	11	12	12	17	14	14	15	16	18	24	22	11	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.3 N	1.7 W	1.1 SW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	10	11	10	11	12	10	9	11	11	7	17	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 SSE	0.6 N	0.3 NW	-	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 E	0.4 NNW	1.0 W	0.3 N	0.8 W	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SW	1.0 WSW	-	1.6 NNE	1.6 N
Period (s)	9	11	13	7	-	18	15	11	16	12	15	12	14	5	12	7	7	9	12	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	-	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	13	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	5	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2041	1026	1976	1210	1030	1153	294	257	1130	3296	3442	3204	1274	384	4088	2506	2330	1391	1017	3329	1329	1596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84				5:27PM 1.85				5:59AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)								4:53PM 0.04		10:51PM 0.53			9:51AM 0.55	12:08PM 0.48				11:07PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	11	13	15	19	24	24	11	12	11	11	17	13	14	11	11	12	11	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	13	9	13	15	19	24	24	10	11	9	10	17	12	13	10	10	10	9	7	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	0.6 N	1.9 W	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	16	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	8	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	7	-	-	12	15	16	16	16	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	6	6	13	-	13

	Tuesday 09				Wednesday 10
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	16
Energy(?)	1896	750	2041	805	923	679	268	319	471	1817	1805	1777	701	158	157	1695	1787	932	874	1721	824	707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)																10:16AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	16	13	13	16	20	17	14	14	13	14	18	13	15	15	15	18	18	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	14	16	13	12	16	20	17	13	13	12	13	18	11	14	15	15	18	18	15	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 N	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	-	9	9	9	13	13	11	9	9	9	9	-	-	8	13	8	8	13	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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