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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Lyall Bay Wellington	All Day Bay Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	2	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	2.0 NNW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	7	13	12	11	11	12	11	14	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	13	12	11	9	10
Energy(?)	4782	2942	358	2223	214	1156	475	235	905	470	16	561	1014	613	306	628	2414	2339	1330	647	684	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:50AM 2.94		10:44PM 1.86	10:31AM 3.03		10:02PM 2.78				11:48AM 3.15		12:00AM 2.61		4:50PM 2.21	2:10AM 1.92	5:19AM 2.25	5:04PM 1.72		5:30AM 1.81	1:40PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 0.64		3:58PM 0.61		4:22AM 1.23	3:57PM 0.66		8:57AM 0.43	5:56PM 0.64	12:08AM 0.28	5:42AM 1.15	5:52PM 0.44		7:37AM 0.48		7:57PM 0.33	11:25AM 0.98		11:15PM 0.35	11:46AM 0.43		11:58PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	1	-	-	1	4	11	3	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	14	14	17	18	14	8	10	8	14	12	10	14	14	12	17	23	21	23	16	17
Low °C	9	15	12	13	16	14	14	7	9	6	10	11	9	13	11	11	15	21	19	22	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	16	12	12	17	17	13	5	7	5	14	10	9	14	12	11	17	23	21	23	16	17
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	2.5 W	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	1.4 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	0.2 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	2.0 NNW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	8	13	12	10	11	12	14	14	6	8	8	8	12	10	13	13	12	11	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	7	10	11	10	7	9	10	9	9	8	13	8	11	9	11	10	9	-	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	-	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	11	-	-	11	7	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	4	5	-	10

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	13	13	10	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	6468	4837	6878	6545	3911	2635	2384	1741	3333	3044	1073	1538	1357	2072	1164	3266	2314	1525	1048	818	526	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 2.31				9:50AM 2.94									11:44AM 1.85	2:56PM 2.23				2:53AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71			3:14PM 0.75			10:38PM 0.29		4:09AM 0.59				6:00PM 0.42	9:09PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	5	4	1	6
Temp. °C	12	10	11	9	14	16	16	14	13	12	12	13	14	19	18	14	14	12	10	9	14	7
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	7	14	16	15	13	12	11	12	13	14	19	18	13	13	10	8	7	13	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 SW	0.2 N	2.4 SSW	1.6 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 N	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	13	12	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 NE	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.4 SE	-	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	-	12	7	12	11	9	15	7	13	10	10	-	10	-	12	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	11	-

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Island New Zealand	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Catlins River Mouth Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 SW	4.5 WSW	0.9 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	6074	4556	6468	9240	4491	2215	2215	1997	7727	117	4410	5186	5118	886	854	769	845	2066	2010	1983	3072	1902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 2.31	10:01PM 1.81						4:10AM 1.31									1:48PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	11	11	14	14	9	9	13	10	12	13	10	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	9	9	12	11	7	7	11	10	10	11	10	10	13	11	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 SW	4.5 WSW	0.9 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 NNE	1.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	12	12	8	12	10	12	7	7	-	8	-	8	8	8	9	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 SW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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