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 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scarborough Canterbury	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	8	4	6	5	1	5	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	2	2	2	3	8	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	0.6 SE	2.4 SSW	2.5 W	2.0 S	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	18	17	16	16	7	9	13	9	12	12	7	12	12	8	8	8	8	9	12	13
Energy(?)	216	195	1174	1819	3483	5102	43	911	2254	675	274	2098	92	933	96	526	455	186	507	874	1410	2643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:01AM 2.15		11:27PM 2.20	9:39AM 1.77		10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84		11:37PM 1.86	11:44AM 1.85	2:28PM 1.70	2:53AM 1.81			11:31PM 3.11	12:23PM 1.96			6:16AM 2.21	4:25PM 1.73	11:59PM 2.93	7:53AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 1.08			4:43PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.56	5:26PM 0.46		5:39AM 0.54		8:28PM 0.38	9:32AM 1.07	5:21PM 1.15		6:17AM 0.63	5:58PM 1.12	9:51PM 0.35	12:31PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	3	-	-	6	4	2	4	-	-	-	17	-	2	2	4	3	-	1	-	-	2
High °C	19	14	12	14	13	11	13	12	13	20	15	12	20	11	17	11	13	15	12	15	15	16
Low °C	13	13	9	12	13	10	11	11	12	17	12	10	18	9	11	10	12	14	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	19	14	11	13	11	9	10	9	11	20	15	10	20	8	15	10	12	13	12	14	14	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:32	-	-	8:51	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 SW	2.3 W	3.0 W	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	2.5 W	2.0 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.8 SW	0.4 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.2 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	10	17	16	16	7	8	13	9	12	10	7	12	8	8	8	8	12	9	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 N	1.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	5	12	18	8	8	8	8	10	11	8	10	8	10	9	12	7	8	8	11	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	1.9 WNW	-	0.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	0.8 W	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	-	4	9	-	3	9	-	-	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	4	8	9	-	-

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								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	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Scarborough Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	5	2	4	5	7	8	4	4	4	3	6	5	7	5	4	1	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	1.5 ENE	1.6 W	4.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	0.9 SSE	2.3 SW	2.1 W	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	11	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	8	13	14	10
Energy(?)	216	485	834	3992	324	1174	3016	6134	7029	1199	2307	2198	738	5142	5094	6621	3663	2199	120	1855	1781	3769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low
High Tide / height (m)		12:45PM 2.19				10:07PM 1.76				10:21AM 1.76	1:06PM 1.66						9:50AM 2.94		3:45PM 2.08		9:20PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)								4:19AM 0.57					7:44PM 1.07		3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71						10:38PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	13	12	12	10	9	9	12	11	10	11	10	11	10	9	13	13	14	14	16	12
Chill °C (?)	19	20	12	12	11	8	7	7	11	10	9	9	8	9	9	7	13	12	12	13	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.1 ENE	0.4 ESE	4.0 NNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.8 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SW	2.1 W	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	7	11	7	10	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	9	13	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	13	13	13	12	18	17	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	7	8	12	9	5	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 E	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	10

	Monday 15																Tuesday 16
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Scarborough Canterbury	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	5	2	4	5	7	8	4	4	4	3	6	5	7	5	4	1	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	3.5 N	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NNW	0.7 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 SW	2.5 NNW	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	8	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	8	9	10	11	10	13	8	18	8	7
Energy(?)	232	250	216	1414	269	0	0	195	195	66	329	322	161	1945	2408	2786	4573	296	157	552	849	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:38PM 2.85				12:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									3:57PM 0.54			6:23PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	9	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	18	19	19	15	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	17	12	15	11	20	10	18	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	12	12	11	10	12	12	13	11	11	11	15	15	11	14	10	20	9	16	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.1 ENE	0.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.4 W	1.0 NE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	4	4	13	13	13	8	8	8	13	-	11	10	8	11	8	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 W	0.7 NE	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	2.3 N	1.3 N	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	9	5	10	4	-	-	12	12	5	13	13	4	-	-	10	8	13	13	14	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	0.7 NE	3.5 N	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	3.5 NNW	-	1.1 NE	0.4 W	2.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	4	8	4	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	-	9	10	-	10	-	8	4	8	-

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