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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	Wed		Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			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	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Humenga Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 ESE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 S	1.6 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	7	10	12	11	12	12	11	9	11	10	11	14	13	7	14	12	11
Energy(?)	1453	1128	672	367	518	303	192	319	273	383	266	390	563	274	158	391	925	1153	177	447	831	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 1.70	10:40AM 1.74		11:16PM 1.78			10:30PM 2.36	12:09PM 1.89		11:47PM 1.92	11:23AM 2.65		11:44PM 2.63	12:01PM 2.75					1:05AM 3.23		1:13PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 0.49		4:37AM 0.70	5:02PM 0.56		7:52AM 0.49	4:56PM 0.71		6:08AM 0.57	5:03PM 0.52		5:13AM 0.51	5:36PM 0.42		5:51AM 0.40	5:49PM 0.35	12:31AM 0.24	7:12AM 0.49	6:26PM 0.26		7:04AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	2	9	2	1	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	10	18	17	15	16	16	16	12	11	11	14	11	11	14	11	13	16	14	18	19
Low °C	12	14	10	17	15	15	16	15	15	12	9	11	14	9	11	13	9	11	15	11	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	14	8	18	17	15	16	16	16	10	10	10	13	9	11	13	11	12	15	14	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	9:39	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 ESE	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	1.6 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	14	7	10	12	11	8	8	11	12	11	10	11	14	13	10	8	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.7 S	0.5 SE	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	12	-	14	7	13	13	11	11	12	12	8	9	16	8	8	7	8	8	14	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	9	4	-	8	-	-	7	8	-	-

	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SE	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1040	701	691	1401	1509	1871	1301	707	523	691	1060	518	627	545	530	548	234	531	519	213	295	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:59AM 2.41				9:55PM 2.56	10:30PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)													3:46AM 0.74					4:56PM 0.71				4:32AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	2	2	1	1	3	1	-	-	3	1
Temp. °C	14	12	11	11	11	10	18	20	10	20	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	18	16	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	10	9	8	18	20	8	20	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	18	16	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SE	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	-	0.7 N	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	13	7	6	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14										Thursday 15
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	15	10	10	10
Energy(?)	813	887	631	1370	1289	1554	634	386	691	392	1128	252	252	255	255	231	92	1179	285	235	334	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:51PM 2.16													9:10AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)						6:37PM 0.49								2:54AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	3	3	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	11	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	16	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	10	11	16	15	10	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	15	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	15	15	13	13	14	10	10	14	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	-	9	15	12	-	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	15	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	3	-	-	-

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