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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	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tue
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	6	8	13	13	7	8	8	12	8	7	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	827	823	329	654	529	1800	177	403	584	429	284	278	133	472	544	523	371	1008	673	1339	248	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:57PM 1.26	9:24PM 1.62	9:43AM 1.66		10:26PM 1.70	10:40AM 1.74		1:33AM 1.94		2:06PM 1.68	2:32AM 1.79	12:09PM 1.89		12:41AM 1.92	12:48PM 1.96	3:23PM 1.76	11:45PM 2.61	11:37AM 2.95		1:55AM 2.01	6:42AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			3:35AM 0.72		4:12PM 0.63		4:37AM 0.70	6:23PM 0.76	7:06PM 0.52	7:33AM 0.56		8:06PM 0.40	6:08AM 0.57	5:37PM 0.65		6:47AM 0.49			5:25AM 0.38	6:53PM 0.51	7:44PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	1	8	21	8	1	1	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	14	16	11	17	15	15	17	18	13	14	14	11	14	15	13	16	15	12	14
Low °C	15	15	11	13	15	10	17	15	15	17	17	13	12	13	9	13	14	10	13	15	9	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	13	16	10	16	14	14	17	18	12	13	13	10	13	14	12	16	13	10	13
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	10	14	10	6	14	13	13	7	8	8	12	13	12	8	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	-	9	16	16	8	7	6	11	8	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	2.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	4	4	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	8	4	8	7	8	-	10	5	6

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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 S	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	8
Energy(?)	569	528	1075	931	1000	600	554	586	514	752	1071	1554	691	1128	1570	1550	1789	706	628	1184	1009	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:22AM 2.67				9:29PM 1.65					12:17PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			3:09PM 0.66				3:43AM 0.72	5:05AM 0.93				6:37PM 0.49				4:37AM 0.70	7:07AM 0.53		2:57PM 0.87	4:09PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	22	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	12	14	11	10	10	17	17	17	12	15
Chill °C (?)	15	22	15	15	13	11	11	10	11	12	13	12	11	14	10	8	8	17	17	17	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	20	19	18	17	16	16	10	9	-	12	-	-	8	6	6	8	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	-	5	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	8

	Tuesday 13																Wednesday 14
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.7 S	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	629	762	827	840	796	709	776	837	170	170	220	220	941	481	1000	1000	441	420	415	441	554	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:22AM 2.67													8:29PM 1.68	9:29PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)											5:49PM 0.51								1:26AM 0.89	2:43AM 0.82	3:43AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	14	15	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	11	11	16
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	11	8	8	12	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	9	10	10	13	-	-	-	13	13	9	9	10	8	20	19	9	9	14	12	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 W	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	6	6	10	-	10	10	-	-	4	-	-	3

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