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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Gore Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	14	15	14	12	13	7	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	12
Energy(?)	613	1453	1128	1293	370	679	817	552	574	267	488	411	543	318	240	103	268	590	239	610	193	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 1.80		1:07AM 1.67	10:40AM 1.74		11:16PM 1.78	11:27AM 1.82	2:06PM 1.68	11:05PM 1.85	10:47AM 2.89		11:12PM 2.46	12:06PM 1.97		11:44PM 2.63	12:01PM 2.75		12:21AM 2.70	4:25AM 1.89		1:40AM 2.02	12:49PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.57		4:37AM 0.70	5:02PM 0.56		5:25AM 0.64			4:40AM 0.93	5:37PM 0.65		6:00AM 0.61	5:36PM 0.42		5:51AM 0.40	6:14PM 0.32		10:35AM 0.32	6:54PM 0.89	7:29PM 0.46	6:39AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	2	22	3	2	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	18	18	17	11	17	13	15	14	11	12	11	11	16	16	12	15	15	12	16
Low °C	12	12	14	16	17	14	11	17	12	15	14	8	11	11	9	15	15	9	12	14	10	14
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	18	17	17	9	17	12	14	12	9	11	10	9	16	15	10	14	14	11	16
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 N	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	7	14	12	13	7	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	16	-	12	7	11	7	10	6	7	11	8	-	9	8	16	6	-	-	14	-	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	1.7 SSE	0.3 SE	1.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	2	8	4	8	-	4	-	4	4	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 14					Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	13
Energy(?)	514	673	1071	701	691	1502	1509	1895	1293	638	1242	791	1060	679	627	545	522	515	685	283	527	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:17PM 1.80				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:59AM 2.41		2:06PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				4:12PM 0.63											3:46AM 0.74					4:21PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	12	12	11	10	10	18	19	16	19	16	16	14	15	16	16	11	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	10	11	9	8	8	18	19	16	19	16	16	13	15	16	16	10	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	1.1 WSW	0.6 N	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	14	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4

	Wednesday 14																Thursday 15
	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	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	14	7
Energy(?)	446	491	613	288	317	898	898	1073	529	299	554	349	634	303	303	300	244	252	1821	219	1105	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:42PM 2.21					1:07AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)									3:15PM 0.81												3:42AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1
High °C	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	13	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	13	15	13	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	9	13	13	15
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	0.5 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	10	16	13	16	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	2

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