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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	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Beatons Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	0.6 N	0.7 NE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	6	13	13	12	10	18	16	16	16	14	8	13	16	10	8	14	5	9	10	10
Energy(?)	282	560	78	482	268	346	348	646	806	975	506	544	93	448	177	83	412	220	74	171	198	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	20	15	15	15	18	12	17	12	11	16	18	12	19	15	16	18	17	14	24	17	16	15
Low °C	18	14	15	15	17	11	17	11	8	14	16	10	18	15	13	15	17	12	20	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	14	15	15	18	11	17	10	8	16	18	11	19	15	16	18	17	14	24	16	15	15
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	9:36	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	0.6 N	0.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	6	13	8	12	10	7	11	16	11	14	8	13	10	10	8	14	5	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.6 N	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.5 N
Period (s)	10	8	7	7	13	5	12	12	16	7	16	5	14	16	13	12	12	10	7	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	2

	Thursday 01					Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 E	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	9	14	8	8	13	14	6	12	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	10	18	18	17
Energy(?)	1035	216	216	685	624	527	238	647	332	232	631	422	554	309	530	642	641	680	346	813	947	1000
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	18	14	12	11	11	14	16	13	16	17	16	14	10	10	12	13	17	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	22	18	13	11	9	10	14	16	11	16	16	16	14	8	8	11	12	17	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 E	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	7	9	9	9	8	13	7	8	12	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	10	18	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.3 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	7	8	7	7	7	21	20	20	19	12	12	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	1.0 W	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	-	8	-	3	8	4	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	8

	Thursday 01																Friday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 NNE	1.6 W	1.2 E	1.3 NNE	1.4 W	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	6	9	9	6	15	6	14	14	13	13	6	13	13	13
Energy(?)	973	286	282	760	775	545	491	749	372	491	591	264	537	152	624	595	346	394	226	537	502	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	18	16	17	16	16	17	16	15	16	16	15	15	12	12	13	12	14	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	19	18	16	17	15	16	16	15	14	15	16	15	15	11	11	13	11	13	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 NNE	0.9 N	1.2 E	1.3 NNE	1.4 W	1.1 NNE	1.0 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	6	9	6	9	9	13	13	6	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 N	0.7 SW	0.6 N	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 N	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	8	10	8	8	8	8	11	12	8	15	8	15	8	8	8	4	4	7	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.6 W	-	0.9 W	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	4	-	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	4	5

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