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 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			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	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	2.3 W	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SE	0.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	10	15	14
Energy(?)	4584	2858	2198	3282	3470	1152	1090	1222	593	390	389	281	343	122	1271	511	1223	1290	956	158	6582	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:19AM 3.00	5:10AM 2.31	5:37PM 2.27		5:50AM 2.19				4:45PM 1.62		9:19AM 1.48	5:15PM 2.51	9:59PM 1.54	6:16AM 1.52			7:03AM 2.48		1:06AM 1.63	8:02AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 0.78	11:35AM 0.66		11:59PM 0.75	12:18PM 0.77	1:44PM 0.51	10:06PM 0.60	9:47AM 0.89		10:54PM 0.71				12:43PM 0.81		12:42AM 1.44		3:01PM 0.74			2:20PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1
High °C	17	14	17	11	15	16	11	16	14	14	15	17	16	14	21	21	20	20	24	13	12	14
Low °C	15	13	17	10	14	15	11	14	13	14	11	14	14	14	16	20	17	20	23	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	17	8	15	16	8	16	14	13	15	17	16	14	21	21	20	20	24	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 S	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SE	0.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	10	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	9	11	7	11	11	14	10	10	13	5	10	10	9	15	16	7	9	12	9	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.3 W	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.8 NNE	1.0 NW	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	11	5	7	-	6	5	-	3

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	4566	1959	3826	3371	3155	3553	3468	3455	1976	3419	3419	3284	1292	3172	3759	3534	1603	1113	1867	1023	1444	1283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:38PM 1.92					5:10AM 2.31			2:34PM 2.76				2:55AM 2.86				3:20PM 2.77				3:32AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17PM 0.61							9:26PM 0.49				9:42AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	17	14	14	14	14	15	17	18	16	15	8	14	7	15	17	17	15	9	10	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	14	13	14	15	17	18	16	15	6	14	4	15	17	17	14	7	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.8 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	11	11	11	11	7	11	15	17	16	11	14	-	14	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07										Sunday 08
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	4601	1784	4584	4522	4267	4209	3117	4371	2456	4456	4289	2858	1969	2840	3713	3700	1743	1743	3553	765	2198	2198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 3.09		4:55PM 2.37																8:27AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)								8:50PM 0.39				12:33AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	13	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	18	17	15	14	14	15	16	17	16	16	13	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.1 NW	0.2 N	1.0 NW	0.3 N	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.5 E	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	12	-	-	-	-	9	7	11	7	12	9	11	9	7	7	11	11	-	7	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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