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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	Wed	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	5	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	4.5 SE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	6	7	7	8	11	9	9	8
Energy(?)	1902	3345	4023	2976	1237	4525	2792	1040	1622	802	130	591	395	95	139	232	288	174	6932	1799	2600	878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.74	2:43PM 2.81		6:20AM 2.17	5:03PM 1.83		5:45AM 1.82	6:02PM 1.84		8:07AM 2.19		7:02PM 1.84	6:51AM 1.76		10:51PM 1.77	10:07AM 2.28		7:48PM 3.02	8:24AM 2.98		8:08PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	11:33PM 0.54			12:21AM 0.55	12:41PM 0.63		1:11AM 0.57	11:55AM 0.52		12:24AM 0.42			1:24AM 0.44		4:41PM 0.34			1:12PM 0.59	2:06AM 0.93		2:37PM 0.91	2:41AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	9	-	-	7	9	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	23	3	-	-
High °C	10	14	12	10	15	15	12	14	14	13	14	17	14	19	15	11	15	14	12	12	12	11
Low °C	9	13	10	9	13	14	9	11	14	10	13	16	13	15	14	10	13	13	10	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	8	13	10	8	15	14	11	13	13	13	12	17	14	19	14	10	14	13	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	0.1 W	0.9 ENE	4.5 SE	1.7 ESE	0.1 S	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	9	16	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	7	12	8	11	11	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 SW	0.2 N	0.9 NW	0.5 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 S	-	-	1.9 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	17	-	-	-	8	12	12	20	13	11	16	8	7	7	9	10	-	11	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SE	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	8	7	6	9	9	9	4

	Wed	Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	8	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	18	17	10	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1265	2139	1221	1506	3345	611	4023	2297	2488	2976	3197	3108	2772	7136	1012	905	1392	3463	2340	1901	1519	1852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:24AM 2.71	5:35AM 2.17				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84								4:21AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 0.37				10:13AM 0.50				10:43PM 0.37				10:14AM 0.56	2:01PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	7	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	5	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	10	13	13	10	12	10	10	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	12	9	9	13	17
Chill °C (?)	9	9	13	8	12	13	8	10	8	8	7	6	11	12	10	9	9	12	8	8	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 SSE	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	17	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	4	5	-	12	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	8	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	13	-	-	-	-	13

	Wednesday 24				Thursday 25
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	8	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.5 SSW	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	10	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	9	9	9	18
Energy(?)	3712	2618	882	1186	2020	885	1902	1682	1653	1869	2571	1728	1728	3494	2003	1982	1799	1588	2268	2214	2347	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:13AM 1.87	5:35AM 2.17										3:03PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)					11:33PM 0.54												11:53AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	14	15	14	16	16	16	16	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	12	13	15	14	15	14	14	14	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.1 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 NW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	10	10	9	9	17	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.5 SSW	0.9 NW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 S	1.1 W	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	18	10	17	17	8	17	12	12	12	12	-	-	11	10	10	10	17	-	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 W
Period (s)	18	7	-	4	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	7	7	15	8	9	9	9	6

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