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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	Tue	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	5	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	2.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	3.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	14	13	14	7	10	10	11	10	11	8	10	9	10	10	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1026	264	1713	720	1044	1894	1545	793	1244	1131	908	670	418	145	424	279	137	2335	621	314	4879	2874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:17PM 2.00		4:54AM 1.91	4:45PM 2.47	11:37PM 1.38	12:15PM 1.48			6:56AM 1.71			8:50AM 1.75		8:22PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72		9:13PM 1.77	9:04AM 2.85		1:32AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:43PM 0.18	10:06AM 0.46		10:41PM 0.46	11:01AM 0.56			6:02AM 0.14	3:56PM 0.36	12:44AM 0.68		1:08PM 0.74	12:25AM 0.72		5:38PM 0.40	2:35AM 0.74		2:22PM 1.03	3:26AM 0.73		2:26PM 0.83	7:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-	1	1	12
High °C	13	26	15	16	14	16	15	13	15	12	17	15	14	22	16	18	24	17	12	14	15	12
Low °C	13	24	15	15	12	15	14	11	14	11	16	15	12	19	14	15	21	14	9	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	13	26	15	15	13	15	12	11	14	12	17	14	14	22	16	18	24	15	11	13	14	10
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 SW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 E	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	2.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	-	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	14	14	16	11	10	10	11	10	11	8	10	9	10	10	12	14	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 SSE	0.6 N	0.3 NW	0.5 E	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.8 W	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	11	13	7	12	18	12	6	16	15	15	12	14	11	12	11	7	13	8	7	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 SW	-	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	1.7 NNE	2.5 N	1.6 W	-	3.5 W	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	-	13	14	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	7	8	7	-	14	7

	Tue	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 W	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	2041	1026	1976	1210	1036	1154	243	256	1135	3296	3442	3204	1274	384	969	2453	2747	1256	3707	1669	502	2013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84				5:27PM 1.85				5:24AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)								4:53PM 0.04		10:51PM 0.53			9:51AM 0.55	12:08PM 0.48	3:00PM 0.32			11:07PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	11	13	15	19	24	24	11	12	11	11	17	13	14	11	11	12	9	11	15	13
Chill °C (?)	16	13	9	13	15	19	24	24	10	11	9	10	17	12	13	10	10	10	7	11	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 N	1.7 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.9 W	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	15	13	15	16	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	8	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	7	-	12	12	18	16	17	-	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.2 W	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	14	6	13	13	8	13

	Tuesday 09				Wednesday 10
	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Frentzes Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	16
Energy(?)	1896	750	2041	805	923	679	292	319	411	1806	1805	1777	701	160	356	1689	1787	932	1741	780	1241	707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)																10:16AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	16	13	13	16	20	17	14	14	13	14	18	13	14	15	15	18	15	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	18	14	16	13	12	16	20	17	13	13	12	13	18	11	12	15	15	18	15	18	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	-	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NW	0.6 N	0.5 NW	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	-	9	9	9	13	13	11	9	9	9	9	-	10	8	13	8	13	8	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	13	6

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