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

	Mon	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herbertville Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Breaker Bay Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	8	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.9 N	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 W	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.1 WNW	2.5 S	2.4 NE	4.0 SSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	15	14	14	11	10	12	10	8	8	10	6	13	11	10
Energy(?)	529	759	1558	1528	1719	1536	1352	1142	273	1297	355	604	413	442	335	361	11	496	494	5012	5568	1897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 1.79		2:22PM 1.72	2:36AM 1.70	3:36AM 1.75	4:13PM 1.69		3:17AM 1.66		8:16PM 1.55	3:18AM 2.33		11:22PM 1.39	11:53AM 1.21		12:14AM 1.33			10:42PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08AM 0.55		8:31PM 0.60	9:58AM 0.62		9:08PM 0.64	9:39AM 0.67	12:14PM 0.76	2:41AM 0.64	9:42AM 1.01	3:05PM 1.15		5:50AM 0.31	5:47PM 0.34		6:35AM 0.14	4:53PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	52	-	-	13
High °C	13	15	15	16	21	18	15	18	16	13	14	14	14	17	21	14	19	18	18	19	17	12
Low °C	10	15	14	15	18	16	12	15	14	12	13	14	13	13	20	14	18	16	15	18	15	10
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	15	21	18	14	18	15	12	14	14	14	16	21	13	19	18	18	18	17	10
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.9 N	1.4 SW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 W	1.0 E	1.7 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.1 WNW	0.3 E	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	3.0 W
Period (s)	12	10	14	8	9	10	10	10	15	14	14	11	10	12	10	8	8	10	9	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.0 N	0.8 W	0.6 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	2.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	11	11	10	12	13	14	13	-	14	7	13	6	8	13	13	-	11	14	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	-	8	8	9	-	3	6	5	7	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	6	9	11	-

	Mon	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 N	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	14	10	10
Energy(?)	1071	1026	1205	1287	804	857	1538	1188	2124	1413	603	1858	1719	2021	1004	1858	1555	1149	1007	1163	1142	1166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:55AM 1.79				2:12PM 1.78				1:33AM 2.62			9:39AM 1.26							7:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	7:51PM 0.51					9:12AM 0.51										3:45PM 0.32			2:02AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	17	11	15	15	15	14	13	16	13	18	22	22	19	18	16	15	12	15	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	17	9	14	14	15	14	11	16	12	18	22	22	19	18	16	15	11	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 N	2.4 N	1.7 E	1.3 SW	1.7 N	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	8	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 SW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	-	14	14	13	-	14	13	12	11	10	13	9	13	14	14	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	8	8	-	9	9	9	6	9	9	-	-	3	6	3

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.4 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	12	12	10	10	14	13	12	14	6	6	7	7	9	7	7	14	8	8
Energy(?)	1114	1055	1071	1002	511	529	562	561	1549	1015	196	476	264	340	298	356	472	527	525	1482	1558	1580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								1:45AM 1.86				5:55AM 2.20			8:39AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		7:51PM 0.51																	12:46PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	12	11	14	15	13	13	16	13	14	16	15	17	17	13	13	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	14	10	9	14	14	10	11	15	11	13	15	14	16	16	10	10	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 N	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	12	12	10	10	14	13	7	14	10	10	11	10	10	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	8	9	12	9	10	13	10	13	14	9	9	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 SE	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	2	7	6	3	6	6	6	7	7	9	7	7	7	8	8

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