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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			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	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 N	2.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	19	14	16	16	16	15	5	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	8	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	353	1343	3175	1940	1610	1311	12	1958	756	860	1328	990	1840	867	164	317	803	1739	1216	4258	4464	2380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 1.88		5:45AM 1.81		10:28PM 1.79	8:03AM 1.81		8:58PM 1.82	9:21AM 1.86		10:12PM 1.90			9:44PM 3.00	10:01AM 2.74		10:30PM 2.71	10:49AM 2.89		10:29PM 3.14	11:39AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.04		11:26PM 0.55	12:07PM 0.58	4:09PM 0.35			2:35PM 0.47	3:14AM 0.60		3:50PM 0.39		6:53AM 0.29	3:28PM 0.43	3:59AM 0.93		4:18PM 0.28		4:35AM 0.29	4:52PM 0.16		5:30AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	16	14	12	15	18	17	20	16	10	12	17	16	15	16	12	17	17	10	11	10	10	13
Low °C	13	13	9	13	18	15	18	15	9	11	16	15	12	16	12	15	15	9	10	10	8	12
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	15	18	17	20	16	9	11	17	16	14	15	10	16	17	7	10	6	7	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 N	2.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 N	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	11	14	16	16	16	15	5	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	10	13	12	-	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 SE	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	-	10	8	8	15	13	8	16	12	16	9	11	9	11	15	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	-	13	12	-

	Tuesday 24							Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	18	18	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	13
Energy(?)	218	525	545	593	641	919	1804	3175	3326	3156	2712	2259	1531	2119	1025	1311	1360	1008	899	778	75	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:36AM 1.90								6:45AM 1.83				5:58PM 2.31				6:28AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)				10:51AM 0.49	3:01PM 0.36			12:36AM 0.56								12:07AM 0.71				12:37PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	1	-	5
Temp. °C	13	15	15	18	17	13	12	11	10	9	12	17	18	19	16	16	15	15	16	18	22	17
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	18	17	12	12	11	9	8	12	17	18	19	16	16	14	14	16	18	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	6	18	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	5	11	18	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Tuesday 24
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.1 N	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	8	8	11	6	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	13	9
Energy(?)	269	233	288	369	116	211	610	654	653	706	699	707	501	663	496	550	565	557	523	534	3	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:36AM 1.90												4:35PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)												12:01PM 0.41									9:43PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	11	10	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	20	19	17	19	17	17	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	9	8	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	20	19	17	19	17	17	17	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.6 ENE	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	7	8	8	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	18	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	4	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 SE	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	19	15	20	11	20	19	19	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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