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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	2	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	6	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 SSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 NNW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	7	9	9	11	10	11	12	10	14	13	11	15	8	16	15	15
Energy(?)	264	1705	2889	1400	1324	1139	233	838	1006	866	675	467	280	415	826	555	3298	118	1472	2418	979	897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 2.03		4:54AM 1.91		11:52PM 1.39	9:39AM 1.76	6:26PM 1.78		6:56AM 1.71		8:19PM 1.75	10:12AM 2.14		8:22PM 1.74	8:39AM 1.78		9:03PM 1.83	9:04AM 2.85	1:06PM 1.66	1:56AM 2.24	9:45AM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 0.41		10:51PM 0.53	11:01AM 0.56	5:31PM 0.09				12:44AM 0.68		2:10PM 0.56	2:37AM 0.53		5:38PM 0.40	2:35AM 0.74		2:27PM 1.32	3:16AM 0.68			7:44PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	38	2	43	4	22	6
High °C	27	15	11	14	14	13	13	15	13	17	16	14	15	17	17	21	14	12	17	13	10	10
Low °C	25	15	8	12	13	11	12	14	11	16	15	12	14	14	14	17	13	9	14	12	6	8
Chill °C (?)	27	15	8	13	13	11	11	14	13	17	16	14	15	17	16	21	12	11	15	12	8	7
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	0.5 SW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	11	10	11	12	10	14	13	11	12	12	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 N	-	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.3 N	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	13	-	5	12	15	11	13	12	15	12	14	5	16	-	12	13	7	-	8	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 N	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	1.3 ENE	2.2 N	1.8 WNW	3.0 NNW	-	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	2	-	-	2	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	8	8	8	-	-	5

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 W	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	7	10
Energy(?)	1976	1210	1744	989	244	262	1162	3296	3442	3204	2258	384	1322	930	2189	1173	1045	1298	875	770	207	992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)							8:06PM 1.81			5:04AM 1.84								5:49AM 1.82				5:46PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)				10:06AM 0.46		4:53PM 0.04		10:51PM 0.53				12:08PM 0.48	1:38PM 0.64			11:37PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	15	16	22	24	11	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	11	10	11	9	14	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	16	22	24	9	11	9	10	12	12	13	12	9	8	10	8	14	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	1.3 W	0.2 E	0.4 SW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	6	10	13	13	13	13	-	-	7	5	15	15	16	16	7	11	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	0.8 NE	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	-	-	6	-	-	6	7	-

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	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	0.6 WSW	2.4 W	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	12
Energy(?)	2041	1153	1989	1134	306	363	349	1749	1744	1828	2070	231	1684	575	1705	933	839	926	813	1131	496	809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:42AM 1.94									4:20PM 2.03				8:06PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)										10:16AM 0.53	11:09AM 0.41			2:03PM 0.27								10:11PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	12	19	17	13	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	15	16	18	15	17	12	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	10	19	17	11	15	15	15	12	13	12	14	15	16	18	14	17	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	12	10	16	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	11	11	10	8	8	8	-	16	14	12	13	13	8	13	8	13	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.7 SW	2.4 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	12	6	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	4

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