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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	17	16	13	13	12	12	14	13
Energy(?)	189	828	906	325	904	403	1182	1212	1270	1580	1177	326	2055	1699	793	928	487	698	895	955	2450	1871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	off	glass	on	off	on	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 2.04	12:23PM 2.14		1:32AM 2.21		1:48PM 2.29			1:05PM 3.47	12:59AM 3.25	5:13AM 2.23	3:17PM 2.24	3:37AM 2.15		4:08PM 2.13			5:05PM 2.00		11:28AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	5:24PM 0.56		6:16AM 0.25	5:56PM -0.04	7:24PM 0.02	7:41AM 0.07		10:35PM 0.07	7:30AM 0.19			11:25AM 0.16		9:31PM 0.17	9:53AM 0.15		10:21PM 0.32	9:49AM 0.44		11:19PM 0.47	5:23AM 0.06	2:51PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	10	17	13	11	15	15	11	17	16	14	13	14	12	18	16	14	16	17	15	15	14
Low °C	15	7	17	12	10	12	14	11	14	15	13	12	13	12	17	15	12	13	15	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	10	17	12	10	15	15	10	17	15	13	13	14	12	18	16	14	16	17	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	7:50	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.1 W	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	10	8	10	-	12	-	13	12	-	11	19	18	16	17	12	6	10	9	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	14	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	13	10	13
Energy(?)	547	1004	1013	514	848	734	663	726	696	319	517	593	1207	1341	1258	1163	511	1099	1245	1207	1029	1253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high
High Tide / height (m)				11:27PM 2.88									1:32AM 2.21				1:48PM 2.29					4:45AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 0.24					7:02AM 0.15			6:00PM 0.46					7:41AM 0.07				8:04PM 0.01		1:45AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	8	7	9	13	16	17	16	10	10	10	12	15	15	16	13	12	15	11
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	16	7	6	9	12	16	17	16	8	9	9	12	15	15	16	13	12	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 E	1.8 SW
Period (s)	8	12	8	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	17	17	11	12	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Wednesday 18										Thursday 19
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Dinner Plates Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 S	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	223	1091	1101	189	1704	1233	1262	1769	1013	476	406	559	861	817	848	848	211	868	734	734	106	778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:03PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)																		6:16AM 0.25	7:02AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	15	12	12	11	9	15	16	17	9	8	8	8	7	7	16	7	7	17	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	13	10	10	10	8	15	16	17	8	7	7	7	6	6	16	6	7	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	6	18	18	7	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	16	13	12	10	10	10	10	12	8	10	10	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.3 NE	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	2	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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