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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	Tue		Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	6	7
Energy(?)	297	1635	764	925	537	843	1677	848	738	242	1551	859	2641	1156	1063	694	497	43	55	282	72	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 3.14		1:15PM 3.07	1:10AM 3.09		2:38PM 2.06		5:12AM 2.40		9:56PM 1.59	10:21AM 1.58		10:44PM 1.59	11:10AM 1.56	5:37PM 1.78	8:36PM 1.62	7:32AM 2.10		8:11PM 2.09	10:03AM 1.51	5:58PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	6:50PM 0.17		7:04AM 0.06		7:04PM 0.01	7:18AM 0.08		12:22AM 0.18	11:32AM 0.49	3:50PM 0.40		4:11AM 0.39	4:39PM 0.43		5:04AM 0.44		2:55AM 0.53		1:57PM 0.85	2:23AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	13	16	12	17	19	15	15	16	13	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	23	15	16	18
Low °C	16	13	12	16	11	14	18	14	12	15	12	15	18	17	11	17	17	18	23	12	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	12	16	12	17	19	15	14	15	11	18	18	17	16	17	18	19	23	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 N	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	10	11	7	8	12	13	13	13	13	-	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.8 WNW	0.5 SE	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	12	-	13	11	10	-	17	7	-	-	12	-	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.7 SW	-	-	1.2 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	12	-	12	-	3	-	-	2	4	-	-	7

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	556	1169	1338	1144	1133	1108	1107	621	658	664	587	537	546	517	520	1385	1421	1687	1437	1154	1167	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:57AM 2.94							8:12PM 1.57				8:34AM 1.64			4:49PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)						6:38AM 0.02	7:49AM 0.25	11:14AM 0.12					2:20AM 0.29							11:12PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	16	14	14	15	14	16	15	14	16	12	11	11	11	16	18	18	18	18	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	15	13	14	15	14	16	14	13	16	12	10	10	10	16	18	18	18	18	16	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 N	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	12	8	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 NNE	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	10	21	7	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	9	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	13	-

	Tuesday 03										Wednesday 04
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	13	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	432	467	297	356	2088	2088	1184	636	984	833	805	969	906	909	846	861	745	777	777	777	699	793
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	5:03AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)							7:30PM 0.21		9:43PM 0.13				1:24AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	5	-	-	-	7	5	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	15	15	17	11	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	8	9	9	11	12	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	13	13	17	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	8	7	8	8	10	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	1.1 NNW	1.5 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	10	12	11	8	8	8	10	10	11	13	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	11	7	11	11	14	14	7	14	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	-	-	-	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	3	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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