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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	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Patiti Point Canterbury	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	5	5	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	12	12	20	20	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	889	1994	1216	678	1256	1033	385	867	331	18	87	7214	5914	6939	1765	1850	816	592	1639	1701	817	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 1.72	12:05PM 1.78		8:41PM 2.87	9:49AM 1.85		10:19PM 1.86	12:40PM 2.40		10:19PM 2.89	10:25AM 3.07	2:44PM 2.00	11:14PM 2.83	11:38AM 2.92		2:40AM 2.52	12:10PM 3.04	4:11PM 2.00		5:03AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50PM 0.68		2:20AM 0.68	5:55AM 0.36	2:12PM 0.62	2:59AM 1.10		4:06PM 0.48		6:39AM 0.41	5:46PM 0.14		4:09AM 0.30			5:27AM 0.17	5:45PM 0.04	8:33PM 0.16	6:00AM 0.09		10:54PM 0.62	11:13AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5
High °C	17	16	11	16	17	16	16	16	15	13	13	9	12	14	11	18	17	15	17	15	18	14
Low °C	16	15	11	15	16	15	11	16	11	10	9	8	10	13	10	14	15	13	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	10	16	17	16	16	15	15	10	11	6	10	11	10	18	17	15	17	15	18	13
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	7	20	9	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.8 W	0.2 N	0.6 W	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	5	-	6	12	16	9	11	11	4	10	-	-	9	-	10	20	10	16	10	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1035	1003	1676	810	805	578	2228	2198	1973	1325	1389	1024	1068	1512	1063	1353	1018	1226	1004	1417	2193	2202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:28AM 2.37	7:18AM 1.71	10:57AM 1.71			8:02PM 1.72				9:21AM 1.86				8:34PM 2.41				9:03AM 2.56		1:31PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)									2:20AM 0.68	4:39AM 0.65			1:43PM 0.71	6:17PM 0.23			2:43AM 0.62	5:44AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	20	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	11	18	18	15	14	13	11	12	17	16	12	16	15	16	9	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	10	18	18	15	14	12	11	12	17	16	11	16	15	16	7	16	15	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.2 N	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	5	7	5	6	20	6	13	16	16	18	17	8	16	16	16	-	11	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	12

	Thursday 26
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1179	1162	1720	1408	1017	659	1746	1700	1676	1699	1673	883	982	941	805	1114	791	2071	767	825	301	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)						6:43AM 2.77	7:18AM 1.71												7:14PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)				4:51AM 0.41								12:37PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	12	15	15	16	16	16	12	12	17	20	12	18	19	18	12	18	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	10	14	15	16	16	16	11	10	17	20	10	18	19	18	10	18	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	5	5	-	-	7	11	7	5	5	5	-	5	8	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	13	-	-	-	-

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