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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Lyall Bay Wellington	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Charleston West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	15	14	13	10	12	12	12	12	13	8	7	8	9	8	9	13	12	9	10
Energy(?)	4417	3360	7820	2943	3083	2658	919	974	1444	243	791	1274	389	497	814	572	259	1032	968	1591	1296	1289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.79		10:54PM 1.80	10:25AM 1.82		2:13AM 1.77	10:26AM 2.86		10:51PM 3.06	11:45AM 1.93	1:52PM 2.21	3:33AM 1.83	11:05AM 3.00	6:45PM 1.28	12:44AM 1.96	12:25PM 3.18		7:02PM 1.46	12:57PM 2.68		8:13PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 0.50		4:13AM 0.71	4:26PM 0.64	7:47PM 0.39	4:17AM 0.93	4:42PM 1.20		5:39AM 0.66		9:10PM 0.36	4:52AM 0.47			6:20AM 1.11	1:30PM 0.28	1:03AM 0.79	6:48AM 0.44	2:15PM 0.27	2:22AM 0.25	8:53AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	39	-
High °C	12	14	11	16	16	13	19	16	12	8	10	7	13	11	10	16	12	10	14	20	15	17
Low °C	11	13	9	15	15	12	17	16	9	8	9	6	12	10	9	15	11	8	13	19	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	13	8	15	16	11	19	15	10	6	8	4	13	8	9	16	10	6	13	20	15	17
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	17	16	15	15	14	13	10	12	12	12	12	13	8	12	8	9	12	12	13	12	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.1 N	-	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	1.8 WNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	8	-	7	12	11	7	13	10	10	15	8	10	10	8	11	9	9	10	10	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	8	9	8	9	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	8	9	6	4	6	5	5	7	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	8	13	13	10	9	13	9	9	12
Energy(?)	3026	6058	7029	9231	5652	2217	5252	4816	5029	6622	5643	2066	2587	1457	3532	1217	3061	2005	1532	1927	1715	3121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)							9:21PM 2.74							4:28PM 1.26		10:09PM 2.99		4:20AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 0.57			3:42PM 0.68				3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71			3:14PM 0.75							11:10AM 0.32		6:00PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	15	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	9	9	13	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	12	13	17	11	13	11	9	13	15	19	18	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	12	11	11	8	9	8	10	9	10	12	17	8	12	11	7	12	15	19	18	13
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.0 SSW	0.2 N	1.6 W	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	2.2 WSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	8	12	13	10	9	13	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 W	-	-	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.1 N	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	11	7	15	8	8	14	10	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	0.3 N	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	2	8	13	-	10	9	-	9	9	12

	Tuesday 16
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	7	8	9	6	4	6	5	5	7	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 SW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.0 SW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NE	4.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 ENE	0.3 SE	3.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	17	18	18	17	10	10	10	16	16	16	9	7	16	16	7	11	16	7	8	15
Energy(?)	1247	3243	3026	3210	2369	1325	1295	1300	1509	8406	7308	2257	1084	342	9607	3552	191	27	5840	166	171	1006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:04AM 2.85		11:48AM 2.18											10:49PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)						6:48AM 0.45									3:52PM 0.72						9:54PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	12	12	10	14	14	15	12	13	11	16	26	12	13	14	16	12	15	15	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	12	12	9	14	13	14	11	12	10	14	26	12	11	12	14	10	14	14	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 N	1.9 WNW	1.4 SW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.0 SW	1.6 N	1.4 NE	4.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 ENE	0.3 SE	3.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	17	17	9	10	17	10	10	10	16	16	16	8	7	16	16	7	11	16	7	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.9 N	1.0 ENE	1.5 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.7 N	-	1.0 ENE	0.7 W	0.4 SE	1.4 NW	1.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 S	1.0 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	18	13	13	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	-	8	18	10	9	8	10	13	8	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.1 NE	-	1.7 WNW	0.7 W	2.0 NNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	-	9	4	6	8	3	3	-

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