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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	13	12
Energy(?)	194	874	1123	291	463	1653	665	856	663	789	507	947	717	511	1649	330	1898	1071	38	646	513	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.50		5:39AM 2.08		1:42AM 2.08	5:34AM 2.49	5:21PM 1.99	3:13AM 2.15		1:44PM 3.18	2:19AM 2.98		2:41PM 3.15	2:54AM 2.65		3:56PM 1.85	7:42PM 1.70	6:39AM 2.20	4:01PM 2.38	11:30PM 1.59	11:55AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	11:06AM 0.10		10:36PM 0.53	11:57AM 0.10	6:55PM 0.52	7:30PM 0.21	11:43AM 0.68		9:02PM 0.02	8:28AM 0.30		8:11PM 0.34	8:31AM 0.77		8:48PM 0.27	9:45AM 0.48		2:01AM 0.42				5:54AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	31	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1
High °C	17	15	11	19	15	14	13	16	13	19	22	20	13	17	13	16	18	14	16	19	18	11
Low °C	15	14	10	16	15	12	12	15	10	14	21	13	13	16	10	14	18	13	15	19	17	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	9	19	15	14	12	16	12	19	22	20	12	16	11	16	18	14	16	19	18	10
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.7 WNW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	11	11	7	11	11	8	8	11	14	12	13	-	-	12	-	12	13	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	1.0 N	-	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.1 S	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	-	10	11	8	-	7	12	10	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	6	5	7	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NNE	-	1.1 NNW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	13	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02					Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.3 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	8	10
Energy(?)	343	808	216	220	342	622	1342	1555	999	1144	1138	1575	1077	1017	1101	1302	1085	608	903	859	586	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:09PM 1.95		1:00AM 2.10		4:17AM 2.13													8:12PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		10:13AM 0.66							7:55AM 0.13			6:50PM 0.17					7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	13	21	15	15	10	10	11	15	16	15	12	12	13	12	15	15	14	17	11	10
Chill °C (?)	19	16	11	21	15	14	8	8	10	14	16	14	10	10	12	11	15	14	13	17	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 NW	2.3 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 NE	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 N	1.0 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	7	9	8	8	8	-	7	13	12	11	11	9	8	7	10	21	6	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.3 NE	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	5	-	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-

	Monday 02																Tuesday 03
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 NE	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	7	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	403	193	194	253	229	771	908	426	817	829	231	295	361	349	297	688	642	936	1198	415	111	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					11:59AM 3.44	12:34PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)											5:54PM 0.02	6:07PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	21	16	14	14	12	12	14	18	18	17	16	17	15	15	11	11	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	21	15	12	12	10	9	12	18	18	17	16	17	14	14	9	10	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 WSW	1.4 NW	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	12	7	8	12	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 N	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	12	9	9	11	12	8	-	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	-	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	1.5 NNE	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	2.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	6	12	5	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	-	2	5	5

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