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 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa
Rating	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	0.5 S	2.2 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	19	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1900	534	238	3928	1544	1976	2203	3770	1268	3815	3106	470	1256	841	1059	506	499	408	83	426	591	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 1.27		3:40PM 1.92	2:47AM 3.02	5:35AM 2.17			4:51AM 1.81	5:03PM 1.83		7:10AM 2.17	5:56PM 1.81		6:39AM 1.82		8:36PM 2.22	9:07AM 2.23		8:08PM 1.87	8:40AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		2:32AM 0.26	9:32AM 0.48		8:36PM 1.02	11:53AM 0.62	3:47PM 0.26	10:37PM 0.36	10:58AM 0.51		11:30PM 0.39			12:18AM 0.41	12:53PM 0.51	2:30PM 0.65	3:00AM 0.60		1:56PM 0.47	2:29AM 0.44		3:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	12	-	-	-	3	5	3	1	3	-	13	1	1	-	7	1	3	3
High °C	15	17	12	14	10	13	14	11	12	14	11	12	14	13	15	16	14	18	19	16	18	16
Low °C	15	16	10	12	9	12	14	9	11	13	10	12	12	11	13	15	12	17	17	13	17	14
Chill °C (?)	13	17	10	13	8	12	13	9	11	13	11	12	12	12	14	16	14	18	19	16	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	9:40	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	0.5 S	0.1 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 N	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.0 N	0.2 W	1.0 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	5	20	19	8	16	-	-	5	6	12	7	13	8	6	18	7	16	8	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	0.5 W	2.3 W	0.6 N	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.3 NE	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.6 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	3	19	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	7	-	-	4	7	7	7

	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 NW	1.6 W	1.2 SSE	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	501	561	2351	1292	969	525	312	2185	2336	1856	1784	1170	1099	1357	3154	1552	1327	1276	2896	3770	3866	3199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:06AM 3.08	4:53AM 2.19	8:41AM 1.47		3:35PM 1.89					4:07AM 1.84				5:52PM 2.15				4:57AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			9:14PM 0.33								10:00PM 0.35	11:33PM 0.54				11:53AM 0.62				10:43PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	2	2	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	14	12	13	11	20	10	12	13	9	9	10	9	12	13	15	14	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	21	19	13	10	12	9	20	8	10	12	7	7	9	7	10	12	14	13	9	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.6 NW	0.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.6 SW	0.1 W	1.3 W	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	11	23	10	3	12	20	19	18	18	17	12	-	-	10	16	15	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	1.6 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	0.3 N	2.5 W	2.2 W	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	10	10	9	-	2	9	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23										Wednesday 24
	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 SSE	0.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	528	501	250	2116	951	1944	551	156	2351	2351	3225	779	194	200	905	527	529	525	1159	1390	1709	1562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)															3:32AM 1.91	4:53AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)									9:14PM 0.33												9:38AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	19	15	16	15	18	15	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	23	22	18	13	16	13	18	14	13	12	13	10	12	11	11	9	8	9	8	9	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	2.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	1.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.7 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	15	-	6	11	11	11	23	10	23	22	22	10	10	3	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	4	4	12	11	-	12	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	3	3	10	10	10	10	9	9

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