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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	Fri		Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	5	4	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 N	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.0 W	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	13	8	5	9	13	10	12	11	8	18	16	17	16	14	13	13	12	10	10
Energy(?)	773	5053	3891	1910	148	125	1231	1960	885	626	271	562	1094	2751	798	1542	1461	295	1306	1507	1019	1355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:48PM 2.46	6:45PM 2.41	3:54AM 2.04		5:51PM 2.37		6:14AM 2.31		8:06PM 1.81				12:07PM 1.47		12:44AM 1.57	11:24AM 2.20		7:27PM 2.79	8:05AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)		1:20AM 0.20	7:24AM 0.18		9:45PM 0.16	9:15AM 0.36		12:18AM 0.50	12:42PM 0.51	1:34PM 0.37	2:34AM 0.38	10:10AM 0.52	3:01PM 0.36	9:42PM 0.57	6:00AM 0.15	6:25PM 0.12		5:06AM 1.02	1:42PM 0.65	1:45AM 1.23		2:26PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	14	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	5	-	-
High °C	13	12	15	17	18	18	16	15	17	21	14	16	13	11	19	17	13	12	11	10	16	16
Low °C	11	10	11	15	17	18	15	12	15	18	13	14	13	8	16	16	12	12	10	8	15	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	15	17	18	18	15	14	17	21	14	16	11	10	19	17	12	12	9	8	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	-	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	14	13	8	8	14	13	10	12	11	11	10	16	8	16	14	13	13	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	0.2 N	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	1.3 W
Period (s)	14	-	-	12	6	8	-	11	8	11	8	16	18	-	17	8	-	-	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 N	2.4 W	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.3 NNE	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	4	2	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Waitarere Wanganui-Manawatu	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	2.5 W	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.1 W	1.1 N	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	7	5	8	15	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	219	330	895	1386	6369	4312	3891	3697	3517	1284	1943	1846	1149	672	125	114	60	763	3499	1098	1080	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:13AM 2.09					5:56PM 2.18					9:20AM 1.50						3:17AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)			7:09PM 0.14	12:20AM 0.70				11:00AM 0.36									3:46PM 0.14		9:43PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	15	16	10	10	10	11	15	18	13	12	14	10	13	20	18	18	14	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	22	14	16	7	8	9	9	15	18	12	10	14	7	11	20	18	18	12	12	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 W	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	8	5	8	14	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 E	1.0 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	0.1 N	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.3 E	0.1 N	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	15	11	13	9	-	-	-	8	6	12	7	9	8	8	5	9	15	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.0 S	-	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.1 N	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	7	5	8	4	8	13	-	-	-

	Friday 20										Saturday 21
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Waitarere Wanganui-Manawatu	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.1 E	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 S	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	8	12	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	9	13	9	10	10	10	8	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	208	402	1001	797	1221	5794	5802	5632	5146	911	3687	1296	3690	646	206	204	479	1423	4149	2267	2133	2133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		6:23AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)											11:45PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	16	18	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	13	13	13	13	10	11	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	15	17	9	9	12	9	9	8	8	7	10	7	12	13	13	13	8	10	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.3 WSW	0.8 E	1.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	11	-	12	13	10	-	-	-	11	11	9	11	9	6	6	10	8	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SSW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	10	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	11	11	13	11	5	10	10	10	16	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.0 S	3.0 WNW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

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