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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	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	8	4	9	7	2	5	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.5 NE	3.0 NW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	7	8	10	18	17	16	15	6	14	13	12	11	11	12	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	717	412	366	537	180	434	1534	996	2056	10846	8300	304	5467	1742	387	945	1061	738	321	992	299	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 2.51		7:12AM 2.28		8:22PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72		12:48AM 1.69	10:26AM 1.79		3:36AM 1.77	11:08AM 1.84		11:37PM 1.86		2:28PM 1.70	3:10AM 1.72			11:56PM 2.03		1:06PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 0.72		1:19PM 0.77	2:35AM 0.74		2:27PM 1.32		4:19AM 0.57	3:17PM 1.29	9:14PM 0.38	5:04AM 0.56	5:26PM 0.46		8:52AM 0.41		8:45PM 0.36	9:31AM 0.40	5:46PM 0.58		7:05AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	1	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	19	-	1
High °C	16	15	17	17	18	20	16	13	12	12	11	15	14	13	14	16	15	17	17	13	17	13
Low °C	15	12	13	16	15	19	14	9	11	12	10	15	14	10	13	16	12	14	16	11	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	17	17	18	20	14	12	11	10	10	15	12	13	13	14	13	17	16	12	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	3.0 NW	1.2 W	1.8 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NNE	2.2 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	7	8	10	9	17	16	15	8	7	13	12	11	11	12	11	13	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 N	0.9 NNE	0.3 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	14	-	16	8	14	14	18	8	8	8	10	12	6	8	-	-	10	13	18	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	1.5 NE	2.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	6	14	-	-	11	11	4	7	7	8	7

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	7	13	13	13	8	7	7	7	11	11	17	16
Energy(?)	712	610	580	506	612	615	269	296	537	211	511	746	623	406	201	435	253	675	3029	2385	2730	6201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:24PM 2.51					7:19AM 2.74	11:31AM 1.67								12:20PM 1.65			9:03PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				12:54AM 0.69	1:40AM 0.72				3:06PM 0.56		7:45PM 0.32		3:30AM 0.56					6:54PM 0.36				4:19AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	16	17	17	20	16	16	18	18	19	21	14	13	13	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	13	14	12	15	15	17	17	20	15	15	17	18	19	21	12	13	13	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	7	13	13	13	14	7	13	7	11	10	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	2.5 NNW	2.3 WNW	1.2 W	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	8	-	-	10	7	13	9	13	10	11	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 SE	-	1.9 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	7	2	3	4	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13										Sunday 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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 NE	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	4	11	11	11	5	10	9	8	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	795	724	717	717	866	853	536	381	502	467	33	494	503	512	51	252	69	25	308	306	366	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			7:44AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)														2:37AM 0.53			5:29AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	12	10	11	12	14	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	13	14	16	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	12	14	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 SE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 NE	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	6	11	11	11	5	10	9	5	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	-	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	-	14	9	19	19	19	7	5	5	6	14	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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