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 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Whangamoa Nelson - Tasman Bay	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	3	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.3 NE	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.0 SE	0.6 N	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	13	7	13	12	12	11	11	12	8	8	8	9	9	10	6	7	9
Energy(?)	2182	4511	2976	688	4367	2817	18	1534	716	610	489	409	393	139	193	313	652	923	757	120	39	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:43PM 2.81		7:36AM 1.71	6:42PM 2.16		4:08AM 2.45	6:02PM 1.84	7:36PM 2.18	6:39AM 1.82		7:02PM 1.84	9:59AM 1.95		7:18PM 1.84	7:15AM 2.72		7:48PM 3.02	8:24AM 2.98	3:03PM 1.44	3:13AM 1.56	9:21AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 0.62		9:56PM 0.54			11:30PM 0.39	10:17AM 0.57		2:04AM 0.59	12:53PM 0.51		1:24AM 0.44		4:41PM 0.34	1:37AM 0.51		2:08PM 0.53	2:06AM 0.93			8:53PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	1	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	4	1	-	-	4
High °C	14	11	10	12	15	12	20	17	13	17	17	16	12	13	13	12	12	17	14	12	16	13
Low °C	14	11	9	11	14	10	17	16	10	16	17	13	11	12	12	12	12	15	13	12	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	10	14	11	20	16	13	16	17	16	11	12	12	12	10	17	13	10	16	12
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:42	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.3 NE	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.0 SE	0.6 N	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	15	13	7	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	6	7	9	9	10	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.0 NNW	0.8 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	1.4 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	-	-	8	12	12	9	-	11	7	7	7	12	9	9	12	-	8	8	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.0 W	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	16	15	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	-	7	10	3	-

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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	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	10	16	16	15	14	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	8	8	12
Energy(?)	1290	1229	3554	1764	1831	2297	2182	2976	3197	3066	2733	2310	582	833	4392	3330	3241	2061	1616	48	47	1216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84								4:21AM 2.89		11:29AM 1.40		4:36PM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)			9:29AM 0.56				9:11PM 0.43	10:43PM 0.37				11:04AM 0.52	1:38PM 0.51			10:05PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	3	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	13	15	11	11	14	10	9	9	12	14	14	11	11	12	9	10	14	19	20	16
Chill °C (?)	7	12	13	14	10	9	14	8	7	7	11	14	14	10	10	12	7	9	14	19	20	16
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 NW	1.8 SW	0.4 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	10	9	16	10	14	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.6 SE	0.3 S	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	18	11	10	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	13	12	13	11	11	14	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	7	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-

	Thursday 25
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	3.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	10	9	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	10	15	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1181	714	3662	2036	942	1899	1476	3555	5664	5675	5163	4936	1335	2059	4780	2229	4969	2026	2026	138	135	2216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:24AM 2.71	3:22AM 1.87		5:35AM 2.17										3:38PM 1.91						10:00PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)										10:19AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	-	-	3
High °C	9	14	13	10	10	10	16	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	13	16	13	13	13	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	6	14	11	8	7	7	14	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	11	11	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	17	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	10	15	15	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 NNE	1.1 SW	0.2 W	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NNE	1.1 WSW	2.1 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	17	10	14	9	9	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	14	16	9	13	13	4	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 WNW	0.7 NE	1.6 W	2.3 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	2.0 NW	-	2.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	5	8	7	-	7	16	16	16	15	5	7	11	-	11	9	9	-	3	-

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